Unfair in practice is not the same thing as wrong in principle, but sometimes it has to do.

A political ideology is a very handy thing to have. It's a real time-saver, because it tells you what you think about things you know nothing about.

Where is it written that if you don't like religion you are somehow disqualified from being a legitimate American? What was Mark Twain, a Russian?

I'm pretty sure there is no such thing as God.

The filibuster is an affront to commonly understood democratic norms, but then so is the Senate.

A "communist/socialist/progressive" is an oxymoron, like an "atheist/evangelical Christian/Muslim."

I don't think that the "freedom movement" is a racist movement as such. But it's a virulent example of identity politics. "Whiteness" is part of the identity, but not the most important part.

Oftentimes, the most important decisions are the most difficult to make - for, your future, and the future of the generations that come after you, hinges on the outcome of those decisions.

I wish I was a cool guy and could drink coffee black, but I put almond milk and raw cane sugar in it.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

The Wire,' I was such a fan of that show the first season - I think that's the best-written show on TV.

If there were only one religion, God would indeed be manifest.

Humility, never me; it is a characteristic I expect to find in other people.

I loved playing the part of the feisty Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker

All we know so far is what doesn't work.

With iPhones, nobody has an excuse for writer's block. If you're at Whole Foods getting your green tea extract and you have a melody, you just drop it into your voice memo and save it for later.

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.