Our Democratic Richness Arrives When We're Able

When People Conclude That All Is Futile, Then The Absurd Becomes The Norm.

Our Job As Writers And Thinkers In The Time Is How To Bring About The Occasions That Let People Have That First-person Experience - Or The Metaphoric Experience That Allows Them To See Human Continuity As Opposed To Total Threat, Total Willingness To Do Violence.

In America, We Have To Learn To Be Patient Enough To Figure Out What Somebody Is Saying. Somebody Might Actually Be Saying Something.

Louis Armstrong, Who Learned To Be In Exquisite Dress, Came From The Bottom, And He's Not A Trash Can.

You'd Never Know That Listening To People In The Un But Tribalism Is The Father Of Racism.