If have to undergo preschool safety checks every morning, why does a random thug get to own an assault rifle?

The Chavez-Obama pictures will join a postmodern photo array that includes Donald Rumsfeld gifting Saddam Hussein with spurs from President Reagan.

No Republican presidential candidate is a viable option for pro-choice voters of any political philosophy - Democrat, Republican or otherwise.

If we say we believe in equality for all then we must fight for equality for all, not betray our immigrant sisters.

Voting is a civic sacrament - the highest responsibility we have as Americans.

Who knows what crumbling infrastructure lies beneath our sleeping children? Actually, many people do - they pay surveyors to take a look.

We all must educate children at the youngest ages that private parts are private, 'no' means no, and there is only one code of honor for everyone.

We should go forward in courts and Congress with investigations into post-9/11 interrogations and the decisions leading to them.

President Obama and Democrats won a mandate to move us forward with jobs, healthcare reform, equality, and nation building here at home.

When women vote, Progressives can win. When women organize and bring some common sense to the conversation, it becomes more authentic.

The free market allowed shock jocks to flourish, and millions of listeners apparently enjoyed the rant.

The highest training trains oneness.

Give me liberty or give me death.

I always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain.

Don't mind all those people who say that you should be back to normal in a month or two. Grieving is all part of helping yourself anyway.

I think enlightenment is something that you decide to do after you have met someone who is enlightened. Something touches your heart, your being at a very deep level.

It's as if all your past is written on the blackboard, and if we could erase it, your past would no longer exist. The way you do that - the only way you do that - is in samadhi.

I found out long ago that the place where the law is apt to be abused the most is right around a courthouse.

I think it's a huge shortcoming of mine - this disconnect between the world of human and animals. We are animals.

There are five options in war: fight, defend, flee, surrender, or die. You have proven inept at the first two, and now have the temerity to surrender. Death is all you deserve!

I was happy there. Which is to say I was not unhappy there. Unhappiness and happiness I have always been able to carry about with me, irrespective of place and people, because I have never joined in.