These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me. Which means orange really is the new black.

You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.

If all it took was someone proclaiming I believe Jesus Christ and that he died for my sins, and that was all there was to it, people wouldn't have to keep coming to church, would they.

Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as a people.

Hunter Pence eats pizza with a fork.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.

We have a historic opportunity to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in Iran, and to do so peacefully, with the international community firmly behind us. We should seize that chance.