The Democratic Party Is Dead.

The Federal Budget Deficit Isn't The Nation's Major Economic Problem And Deficit Reduction Shouldn't Be Our Major Goal. Our Problem Is Lack Of Good Jobs And Sufficient Growth, And Our Goal Must Be To Revive Both.

Cutting Taxes Is Not Bad. But If You Cut Taxes On The Wealthy, Which Is What They Wanted To Do, You're Not Helping People Who Need Better Schools And Better Infrastructure And Healthcare. You're Basically Robbing The Middle Class And The Poor To Provide Tax Cuts To The Rich.

Being Critical Of The Nation Is A Far Cry From Being Unpatriotic Or Anti-american. In Fact, Most Social Criticism . . . Is Based On A Love Of America's Ideals And A Concern We're Not Living Up To Them.

I Think That It's Difficult To Talk About Large Questions Of Economics Or Social Policy Without Understanding The Building Blocks Of Society. And Those Building Blocks Are Organizations, The People Who Run Them, And The People Who Work In Them.

If You Ever Want To Get A Sense Of Your Own Personal Failure, Look At Yourself Trying To Get Across A Point That Nobody Is Listening To And The Situation Gets Worse And Worse.