“We have short memories. A few months ago the entire ecosystem called "the economy" -- that fragile web of trust, imagined obligations, and unseen assets -- was on the brink of total collapse. The fact that it didn't collapse is attributable, in good measure, to the stimulus.”

“A lack of empathy, a willful refusal to connect words with the reality of human experience, is its own form of bias”

“Absolutely, since the last eight years of malfeasance, subversion of the Constitution, political strongarming and incompetence at the Department of Justice, as well as the question of Eric Holder's plans for detoxifying the role of Attorney General, are just not that important by comparison.”