I do think that I have a better sense of how military action can result in unintended consequences.

We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old - and that's the criterion by which I'll be selecting my judges.

What is true, though, is now we've got a bunch of videos that whatever side of the issue you're on, raises the temperature on these issues and makes people really focused .

Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year.

It may be something that future generations are more open to, but I am pretty confident that for the foreseeable future, using the argument of nondiscrimination, and "Let's get it right for the kids who are here right now," and giving them the best chance possible, is going to be a more persuasive argument.

We have to all shoulder the responsibility for keeping the planet habitable, or we're going to suffer the consequences - together.

The easiest way to save money is to waste less energy.