I am absolutely convinced that race relations on the whole are actually better now than they were 20 years [ago].

I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.

Both President Kennedy and President Reagan were roundly criticized by parts of the foreign policy establishment that felt they were being weak by engaging our adversaries. So some of it is built into a political lexicon that makes you sound tougher if you don't talk to somebody, and rather, very loudly, wield a big stick.

n case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died - an entire town destroyed.

As long as countries like China keep going all in on clean energy, so must we.

We have a stake in one another...what binds us together is greater than what drives us apart.

Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges, so that they're ready for a job. At schools like P-TECh in Brooklyn ... students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering. We need to give every American student opportunities like this.