If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance… — Charlie Pierce Doe Copy Share Image
The murder of John Kennedy in broad daylight in the streets of an American city remains, to me, an unsolved crime. — Charlie Pierce American Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton was not a symbol. People did not invest in him their idea of what America should be or, worse, their… — Charlie Pierce America Copy Share Image
In 1989, my father died after a prolonged struggle with Alzheimer's disease. All four of his siblings followed him into the shadow… — Charlie Pierce Affliction Copy Share Image
We have a revolutionary history to honor and uphold. Which was what Nelson Mandela did. He reminded us of that which we… — Charlie Pierce History Copy Share Image
I judge the jobs I've had in this business by the places they took me, and by that standard, there simply has… — Charlie Pierce Been Copy Share Image
Launching a newspaper without a coherent idea of how you're going to promote it, or get it to people who might want… — Charlie Pierce About Copy Share Image
The Republicans find their faith imperiled by Barney Frank's marriage. There is always a shadow on the wall, a monster in the… — Charlie Pierce Closets Copy Share Image
Every president learns on the job because nobody`s really prepared for the kind of decisions that cross your desk every day. No… — Charlie Pierce Decision Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan was a dim hack who did horrible damage to almost everything he touched. — Charlie Pierce Almost Copy Share Image
If you offer athletes stipends, then you're into pay-for-play, and that's the ballgame. People should realize that, and they should realize that… — Charlie Pierce Athletes Copy Share Image
The creative project of self-government - hard and frustrating but necessary - is to produce that political commonwealth that changes over time,… — Charlie Pierce Change Copy Share Image
In the year of our Lord 2010, the voters of the United States elected the worst Congress in the history of the… — Charlie Pierce Been Copy Share Image
Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair. — Charlie Pierce Brooding Copy Share Image
We owe each other a debt and we owe each other an obligation, and because of these fundamental American imperatives, there are… — Charlie Pierce American Copy Share Image
'We, The People' is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other. — Charlie Pierce Acknowledgement Copy Share Image
Gradually, football has seen its appeal slip at the most basic levels. Pediatricians are advising parents not to let young children play… — Charlie Pierce Advising Copy Share Image
Paul Ryan hasn't lacked for a job since he left college as the golden child of Wisconsin Republican politics, riding his family… — Charlie Pierce Bob Copy Share Image
In the fall of 1989, I was writing 600-word columns at the 'Herald.' My heart always was in long-form narrative writing, though.… — Charlie Pierce Always Copy Share Image
According to the people who dearly would love to throw him out of office, Barack Obama was elected to be 'above politics.'… — Charlie Pierce Above Copy Share Image
I think, over the last couple of years, the written word has made a comeback on the Internet. For example, I'm seeing… — Charlie Pierce Comeback Copy Share Image
It is the doctrine of the oligarchy that there is nothing that we hold in common, that the commonwealth is a myth,… — Charlie Pierce Common Copy Share Image
Football was always a deal we made with ourselves. We adopted it for its brutality, which was embedded in a context that… — Charlie Pierce Adopted Copy Share Image
Campaigns are no longer high-minded exchanges of ideas, even though God knows we need more good ones - ideas, that is. — Charlie Pierce Campaigns Copy Share Image
