The American people and, yes, all too many of their political leaders have been manipulated and controlled in recent years through the most shameless use of fear this country has ever seen.

George W. Bush is a man who seems to be the center of his own universe. He seems to have learned little of human nature and even less of human history over his…

America's true power lies not in its will to dominate but in its ability to inspire.

And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an up-or-down vote. The Constitution doesn't say that. The Constitution doesn't say…

'For too long, we have allowed fear to dictate our politics and suspicions, to shape how we perceive other communities.'

The temptation before 1933 was to believe in Hitler as a savior, to believe in a national rebirth. The path to National Socialism led through a wasteland of pe…

...jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of support for policies…