People respond to political characters in archetypal ways. A fun game is to think of a politician and ask, "Which god is that? Are they like Aries? Are they like Athena?" — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics. People respond to political characters in archetypal ways. A fun game is… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Amazon's outsized power is looking less and less like smart business and more and more like oppressive politics - one company bullying us all. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
I think part of the reason the Tea Party has resonated is that people feel disempowered. The Tea Party says, "You are out of… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
Integrity is hard work. I do think the internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity,… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
I think a lot of the reason people are attracted to the Keystone pipeline is because at least we're doing something. There's a fear… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
If you think art is a competitive forum, then you're going to stop doing it if you're not good. But if it's not competitive,… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
A combination of working in politics as well as teaching and being [an actor] certainly helped. I became so much more comfortable in front… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
If those people in power never made any mistakes, we'd be done for as a democracy. But people keep making mistakes. History is a… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
Normally, politicians lie because they want to persuade us of the truth of what they are saying. A candidate for Congress will claim that… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
The Internet is an important organizing tool. But the goal of a campaign isn't to use the Internet for organizing; the goal is always… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
At a policy level, we can support protecting and serving as opposed to militarization or disproportionate response. Step one is making sure we don't… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
So the job of building structures, building a constitutional structure, is not just to punish those who behave badly but actually to protect people… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
I joke about it being a millstone, but it never hurts to have a name that sticks out. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
