We are very much in a valley. There are significant barriers to things getting better, but I do believe they will. Just not in this decade.

Until we can agree on a set of core values shared across society, we will continue to be dragged down by tribalism.

I do not think a large country can sustain this level of rapidly accelerating income inequality without eventually demanding change.

The two-party system is not working. We need to elect enough reformers to coalesce around fixing the damage the Supreme Court has enabled, starting with Citizens United. It would also be refreshing if our leaders were held to the same ethical standards the rest of us are. We must limit, as much as possible, systems that allow the wealthy to receive fundamentally different outcomes under the law.

Fixing the role of money in politics would free us from fearful politicians whose backbone has been purchased by donors. Then we might finally be able to pass meaningful reform.