I believe we all must face the fact of death. It is both gift and curse.

A Confucian or Jewish love of learning would gain minorities far more than any affirmative action laws we might pass.

Why give chemotherapy or even antibiotics to people with end-stage Alzheimer’s disease? Keep them pain free and clean, love them but don’t automatically try to get the last technology-produced breath from them. Start a preschool...

I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights...

‘Diversity’ is a wonderfully seductive word. It stresses differences rather than commonalities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other – that is, when they are not killing each other. A ‘diverse,’ peaceful...

Sprawl is the American ideal way to develop.

The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.

Amnesty is a big billboard, a flashing billboard, to the rest of the world that we don’t really mean our immigration law.

Roads are necessary, but the fact that we don’t fully recognize that when you build a road you’re doing more than building a road – you’re building the future development of your city. And, that’s...

I do not believe you can have infinite population or economic growth in a finite world. We are living on the shoulders of some awesome geometric curves.

The Democratic Party is not the party of reform.