When I was a prosecutor in San Francisco I would get advice on trying cases from public defenders and defense attorneys.

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

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.

I think a lot of people are really scared right now. Not every person makes good choices, and sometimes, when people are scared, there are people who try to take advantage of that fear.

We are currently facing countless hurdles and obstacles, BUT will never lose the sight of infinite hope.

Round numbers are always false.

I'm always striving to do more. Whatever I accomplish, it's not enough. I don't get satisfied.

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice.

I am going into an unknown future, but I'm still all here, and still while there's life, there's hope.

I am not a Luddite. I am suspicious of technology. I am perfectly aware of its benefits, but I also try to pay attention to some of the negative effects.

My earliest poems were a way of talking to somebody. I suppose to myself.

It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it.

America's problem is how to free itself from the grip of it's exhausted ideas.