Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was read more

Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was great music for a misunderstood teenager. And when I'm feeling misunderstood these days, I'll stick on a bit of Leonard Cohen.

In campaigns, the goal is to be a stable leader, clear on your record, accomplishments and base,

In campaigns, the goal is to be a stable leader, clear on your record, accomplishments and base,

For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves.

For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves.

I think that there's a lot of passion with these people.

I think that there's a lot of passion with these people.

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

[Johnson has] been a visionary, ... Wherever he goes, success follows.

[Johnson has] been a visionary, ... Wherever he goes, success follows.

When you're in Washington and voting, you don't have the one-on-one interaction with your constituents that you do when you read more

When you're in Washington and voting, you don't have the one-on-one interaction with your constituents that you do when you are in the district working out of the district office. You can do phone calls and letters and things like that (in Washington), but you can do one-on-one things in the district.

Both Gore and Bush have just bent over backward to try to reach out, try to appeal, to Hispanics and read more

Both Gore and Bush have just bent over backward to try to reach out, try to appeal, to Hispanics and Latinos nationally.

The point is that when they talk about quality of health care, patients mean something entirely different than experts do. read more

The point is that when they talk about quality of health care, patients mean something entirely different than experts do. They're not talking about numbers or outcomes but about their own human experience, which is a combination of cost, paperwork and what I'll call the hassle factor, the impersonal nature of the care.