Rand`s [Paul] a libertarian. He has a view of the world that I don`t share. He said that we shouldn`t have any troops in Iraq. He agreed with Obama that was a disaster. When there was a chance to do something constructive about Syria with a no-fly zone, he said we don`t need one.

I think that [Donald Trump] clearly was able to tap into a lot of grievances. And he has a talent for making a connection with his supporters that overrode some of the traditional benchmarks of how you'd run a campaign or conduct yourself as a presidential candidate. What will be interesting to see is how that plays out during the course of his presidency.

...as parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can read to them, talk to them about what they're reading, and make time for this by turning off the television set ourselves. Libraries are a critical tool to help parents do this.

We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.

Climate change is one of the issues I worry most about because its impacts are enormous. But they're gradual, they're not immediate.

What is true is [Bashar] Assad got rid of his chemical weapons.

So we don't need more top-down economics. We've tried that theory. We've seen what happens. We can't afford to go back to it.