I do have an obligation to make sure that I am following some of the rules. I can't simply ignore laws that are out there.

Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.

My hope is Donald Trump makes things better. And if he does, we'll all benefit from it.

I didn't become a Christian until many years later, when I moved to the South Side of Chicago after college. It happened not because of indoctrination or a sudden revelation, but because I spent month after month working with church folks who simply wanted to help neighbors who were down on their luck no matter what they looked like, or where they came from, or who they prayed to. It was on those streets, in those neighborhoods, that I first heard God's spirit beckon me. It was there that I felt called to a higher purpose - His purpose.

America leads - not with bluster, but with persistent, steady resolve.

If we fall into the trap of painting all Muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion, then we are doing the terrorists' work for them.

People are less certain of their national identities or their place in the world. It starts looking different and disorienting. And there is no doubt that that has produced populist movements both from the left and from the right in many countries in Europe.