114 Quotes by Adam Cohen

'Hard Times' does not romanticize the Depression, but at least a few of Mr. Terkel's subjects managed to find silver linings.

When tulip mania dies down, all that remains are pretty flowers. When bubbles burst, nothing is left but soapy residue. But the Internet revolution, for all its speculative excesses, really is changing the world.

Voter ID laws have a disproportionate impact on groups that lean democratic - including blacks, hispanics and students.

Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.

The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.

The anti-New Deal line is wrong as a matter of economics. F.D.R.'s spending programs did help the economy and created millions of new jobs.

Supporters of tough voter ID laws are not afraid of vote fraud - they are afraid of democracy.

Twitter, Facebook, and other social media outlets have a great deal of information about all of us - and the government wants to be able to see it.

With increased awareness should come greater caution about how confessions are used at trial - and a greater willingness to overturn convictions when it becomes clear that a confession was untrue.