The Passions And Commitments That Ignited My

When You Go Into A College Of Education You've Got Aspirations Of Making A Difference In People's Lives, Of Loving Children, Of Working With Kids, But None Of That Is Affirmed In Your College Of Education. Then You Go Working In Schools, Especially In Places Like New York City And Chicago That I'm Most Familiar With, And You Find These Huge Aspirations Are Beaten Out Of You In A Very Systematic Way - And Still People Persevere.

The Responsibility For The Risks We Posed To Others In Some Of Our Most Extreme Actions In Those Underground Years Never Leaves My Thoughts For Long. The Antiwar Movement In All Its Commitment, All Its Sacrifice And Determination, Could Not Stop The Violence Unleashed Against Vietnam. And Therein Lies Cause For Real Regret.

Part Of The Fun Of Writing, Touring, Teaching, Is Engaging With Real People About All Of It: What To Do Now, How To Build A Movement, Of Approaches To Teaching, Of Parenting - It's Exciting To Be In That Dialogue.

Politicians Are Conservative By Nature.

The Great Example, The Killer Example In History, Is Of Course Abraham Lincoln, The Great Emancipator. Read His Speeches. Read The Debates. Wendell Phillips Called Him "the Great Slaver From Illinois."