When you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
AL FRANKENI’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
More Al Franken Quotes
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You might not like that Facebook shares your political opinions with Politico, but are you really going to delete all the photos, all the posts, all the connections – the presence you’ve spent years establishing on the world’s dominant social network?
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Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.
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Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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I also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
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As someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
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As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse.
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They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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He didn’t have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
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Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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Teen pregnancy went way down in the ’90s, and 75 percent of it was because of increased use of contraception.
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Good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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