The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years.

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.

The most money we have ever been able to get appropriated for the juvenile justice bills was $55 million a year, about one-tenth of what was necessary.

Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources.

L.A. is such a car-driven city, and it's great to see so many people - I think people are hungry to get on their bikes and get out of their cars and get off of oil and save money and save the environment.

Some things never change - there will be another crisis, and its impact will be felt by the financial markets.

Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some.

European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut.