The World Cup is not just a great global sporting event, it is also inscribed with much deeper cultural and political importance.
Some political spouses are much more comfortable on the campaign trail than others, and they take to it a lot more naturally.
If journalism is the first draft of history, then talk radio provides an early glimpse into how the meaning of political events will be spun for ideological and partisan purposes.
I have younger friends who are in this pinch where they feel they've been counted out before they've had a chance to prove themselves. They've inherited a lot of debt - not just student debt but environmental debt, political debt. They really feel squeezed.
Part of the problem with producing contemporary political theater in America today is that many theaters don't have flexibility or resources, be it hiring a lot of actors or staging a work that might be tough for some audience and board members.
I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.
I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
When a political party denies scientific facts, then by all means, they should be called out on their anti-science stance.
When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.
It's not what my job is about. I'm not out to make a political statement. I want to stand for something, but more by example.
Having stared into the abyss of what it actually means for your life to be the leader of a political party, I'm just full of admiration and respect for anyone who wants to do it.
In 1968, 'Liberty Magazine' had an article about George Wallace in which he stated he would suggest me as a possible vice-presidential candidate, along with other choices such as 'Happy' Chandler and General Curtis LeMay. However, I am not interested in any political office in the United States or anywhere, now or back in 1968.
My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.
The average person doesn't understand what a stem cell is. There's a lack of health literacy in our nation. So the public can't really get into this dialogue because they don't understand the complexity of stem cells, not the faith-based approach, not the ideological or political, but the science behind stem cells.
Every time economic and technical development takes a step forward, forces emerge which attempt to create political forms for what, on the economic-technical plane, has already more or less become reality.
School boards are, for the most part,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office, or well-meaning parents who represent an ethnic group or geography, or have some other narrow interests. Few people on them understand what governance is about.
As a political spouse, I've found that my stoicism often serves me well.
Political reporters and political professionals rushed to judgment against Romney because we crave clear, unambiguous story lines.
I love political dramas. I love good story-telling.
We came in as organizers before creating the Black Lives Matter network and project, and we are still organizers, strategists, political thinkers, and philosophers, so we actually have a lot ideas and a lot of really thought out strategies.