Conservatives believe the economy functions better if the rich have more money and everyone else has less. But they're wrong. It's just the opposite.

Conservatives believe the economy functions better if the rich have more money and everyone else has less. But they're wrong. It's just the opposite.

America spends a fortune on drugs: more per person than any other nation on earth, even though Americans are no healthier than the citizens of other advanced nations.

America spends a fortune on drugs: more per person than any other nation on earth, even though Americans are no healthier than the citizens of other advanced nations.

Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them.

Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them.

Public fear isn't something to be played with.

Public fear isn't something to be played with.

More people are killed by stray bullets every day in America than have been killed by Ebola here. More are dying because of poverty and hunger.

More people are killed by stray bullets every day in America than have been killed by Ebola here. More are dying because of poverty and hunger.

A lot of attention has been going to social values - abortion, gay rights, other divisive issues - but economic values are equally important.

A lot of attention has been going to social values - abortion, gay rights, other divisive issues - but economic values are equally important.

Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy.

Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy.

There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms.

There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms.

You can't create a political movement out of pabulum.

You can't create a political movement out of pabulum.

Centrism is bogus.

Centrism is bogus.

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.

If we give up on politics, we're done for. Powerlessness is a self-fulfilling prophesy.

If we give up on politics, we're done for. Powerlessness is a self-fulfilling prophesy.