And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.

The public is ready now for a safety net for the middle class, something not just for the poor, but for everyone who will need help, from time to time, in order to own a home, educate their kids, keep themselves healthy or have something to retire on.

The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio, the left's on the Internet and they just reinforce one another. They have no sense of reality. I have now one ambition: to retire before it becomes essential to tweet.

Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.

Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to be addressed, and it is, of course, the intention of the majority party not to allow that to be discussed.

I will tell you, I'm a lousy cook, but I think I'm a pretty good judge of a good meal.

I do not believe that the federal government should treat adults who choose to smoke marijuana as criminals.