The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.
When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.
There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success.
The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
Politics isn't about left versus right it's about top versus bottom.
Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.