Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.
I think sometimes if you are too interested in day-to-day politics, you lose sight of the long term.
Young people understand the world. They should be listened to on matters of politics and world organization. But they know nothing of their own lives.
I spend all day figuring out how to beat the machine and knock the crap out of the political power structure.
The reality is that when three or four networks are at the table with three or four political parties, someone is going to be the victim.
More than half of America's rural counties are losing population and with it, political representation.
A sports journalist doesn't have to be sporty any more than a political journalist has to be an opportunistic liar.
A mother-in-law is better than a single and childless political persona, though.
Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating.
My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.
If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.
Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal.
Really, when it comes to gay rights, there's two wars going on. The first war is political. But the culture war is over.
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