There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent.

- Charlie Pierce

We, The People is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other.

- Charlie Pierce

The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 A.M.

- Charlie Pierce

Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair.

- Charlie Pierce

If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wis…

- Charlie Pierce

Every president learns on the job because nobody`s really prepared for the kind of decisions that cross your desk every day. No one`s prepared for th…

- Charlie Pierce

Ronald Reagan was a dim hack who did horrible damage to almost everything he touched.

- Charlie Pierce

For all the huffing and blowing we get about rugged individualism, the American spirit and the American experiment always have had at their heart the…

- Charlie Pierce

It is the doctrine of the oligarchy that there is nothing that we hold in common, that the commonwealth is a myth, that it is even a sign of softhead…

- Charlie Pierce