There may be no greater tribute to Steve Jobs' success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.

Government without a tough and vibrant media is not an option for the United States of America.

As you might imagine, if you're a teenager having a couple of people with microphones and guns always following you around, that could grate on them. But you know, they've handled it with grace and I give Michelle [Obama] most of the credit for how well they've done, but I also just think they are graceful, good young, young women.

We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty

Fear, uncertainty and discomfort are your compasses toward growth. If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don't run you've already lost.

What is a danger is that we stay stuck in a new normal where unemployment rates stay high, people who have jobs see their incomes go up, businesses make big profits. But they're learned to do more with less, and so they don't hire.

Together, we're going to finish the job we started.