I take "We, the People" seriously because I don't know how we build a civilization without reciprocity..

We have got to nurture the spirit of independent journalism in this country, or we'll not save capitalism from its own excesses, and we'll not save d….

The most important thing the giant philanthropies could do - Gates, Rockefeller, Ford, Open Society Institute, and new ones emerging - would be to cr….

Although I was brought up in a culturally and religious conservative culture, as a Baptist I was taught that no one has the right to subpoena your co….

I'm angry at what's happening to America and angry with myself that I can't do more. I would be miserable if I couldn't bear witness..

I really believe that coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous..

A journalist is basically a chronicler, not an interpreter of events. Where else in society do you have the license to eavesdrop on so many different….

When all our efforts have come to nothing, we naturally tend to doubt not just ourselves, but also whether God is just. At those moments, our only ho….

You can't have a people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people..

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say th….

In tracking down and eliminating terrorists, we need to change our metaphor from a "war on terror" - exactly what, pray tell, is that? - to the mind-….

I can't speak for a war that I believe is immoral..

There's hardly a more bitter pill to take than when a President disappoints the people who most believed in him..

There's 1,000 ways into addiction 1,000 ways out..

I own and operate a ferocious ego..

Standing up to your government can mean standing up for your country..

The most fundamental liberal failure of the current era: the failure to embrace a moral vision of America based on the transcendent faith that human ….

Why is the country not having this conversation, the kind of conversation that requires the politicians who are responsible for the war to be specifi….

When we were covering the 2008 campaign I told my young African American colleagues that despite the historical significance of victory, Barack Obama….

Now Barack Obama, who campaigned for transparency, is the President defending secret negotiations on new trade agreements that are largely being writ….

Lyndon Johnson believed the poor deserved a better life than the economy was providing them. He thought private power and greed had to be checked by ….