The Choices We Make About

[john Carlos] Has Spent Much Of His Life Since That Time As A Dedicated Human Rights Advocate And Public Speaker, And He Is Out Now With A Wonderful New Text; A Memoir, In Fact.

I Believed That President Obama Was A Good Choice A Couple Of Years Ago Because I Felt That, As A Black Man, If He Could Win, It Would Open Up Progressive Possibilities In This Country For A Lot Of People. That Was My Major Reason For Believing His Candidacy Was A Good Thing. However, I Don't Endorse Candidates, Given The Type Of Work That I Do. My Job Is To Hold People Accountable.

History Is Replete With Examples Of Moments In Time When We Talk About Deficit Reduction And Try To Advance On It Around The World, That Is, Where It Leads To Job Losses, Not Job Creation.

What Determines Your Altitude In Life Is Your Attitude.

I Think That What Started Out As A European Union Originally Was Probably A Really Wonderful And World-changing Idea, The Idea Of A Kind Of Cooperation And Interdependence Between Countries. But The Idea That Individualization Would Work On Common Ground, Not On Conflict, Not Against Each Other, But To Find How Each Benefitted From The Other I Thought Was An Incredibly Hopeful And Positive Possibility.