"The founding fathers of this nation envisioned that the US should be a beacon of liberty, security and justice for the planet. When we see that our present government is straying from that path and embarking on a very dangerous road to serve the interests of a small but powerful lobby, it is our patriotic duty to correct it. ‘Surely, we have been raised for good counsel and forbidding evil.’ These two divinely ordained duties transcend all man-made imposed demarcations. "

"Even if the indictment is entirely meritless, DeLay is an embarrassment as a majority leader. His mania for power and disregard for good government reflect poorly on all Republicans. Because House rules forced DeLay to step down as majority leader, House Republicans have a rare opportunity to replace a leader who has shamed the party with one who is more concerned with passing good laws than humiliating his political opponents. They should take it.”

"When the big boys in high places rant about our ‘national interest’ in the Middle East, they are talking about the dollar."

"A middle-aged woman was also standing in the returns line at Home Depot. She claimed she lacked the strength to pull the ripcord to start the machine. However Home Depot’s zero-return policy on generators does not sympathize with this problem either."

"With current, desperate conditions and the violence that has caused severe damage to Palestinian infrastructure why should Palestinians have to pay for a natural resource that should already be available to them?"

The right question has always been and will forever be; to kill or not to kill, and not which is better to kill or be killed. Whether we deal with right or the wrong question makes the difference between life and death to millions of people.

“Night Draws Near” appropriately begins with the day of amnesty at the infamous Abu Ghreib prison when Saddam Hussein released all the prisoners. From this day on, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Anthony Shadid gets his first peek into deep-seated complaints and the long history of Iraqis, hardened by modern events but always proud of their identity."

"The cleanup and rebuilding will cost a hundred billion for New Orleans alone, but that represents about a year's take from the recently cut estate tax. End the criminal Iraq war fiasco, and we can easily redirect another hundred billion. But far more than money is at stake. We will ultimately have to confront a system which by its very nature exploits and oppresses many, in order to bring comfort and security to a few."