Hyperbole Was To Lyndon Johnson What Oxygen

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 Conscience.

We Seem To Prefer A Comfortable Lie To The Uncomfortable Truth. We Punish Those Who Point Out Reality, And Reward Those Who Provide Us With The Comfort Of Illusion. Reality Is Fearsome .. But Experience Tells Us That More Fearsome Yet Is Evading It.

Watching The Debate This Afternoon It Was Apparent They Loved Term Limits In The House - As Brutus Loved Caesar.

Democracy Works When People Claim It As Their Own

Here Is The Crisis Of The Times As I See It: We Talk About Problems, Issues, Policies, But We Don't Talk About What Democracy Means - What It Bestows On Us - The Revolutionary Idea That It Isn't Just About The Means Of Governance But The Means Of Dignifying People So They Become Fully Free To Claim Their Moral And Political Agency.