Barack Obama treated too lightly the people and forces determined to destroy him. They spat in his face and didn't even get ticketed for a misdemeanor.

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest.

An unconscious people, an indoctrinated people, a people fed only partisan information and opinion that confirm their own bias, a people made morbidly obese in mind and spirit by the junk food of propaganda is less inclined to put up a fight, ask questions and be skeptical. And just as a democracy can die of too many lies, that kind of orthodoxy can kill us, too.

In marriage, everyday you love,and everyday you forgive.It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness

Barack Obama strikes me as a man of strong principles and weak convictions - the kind of guy who would rather teach constitutional law than practice it, or who'd rather watch the match alone on TV than arm-wrestle his opponents.

The fault line in American history is now a dividing line in the election and it's changing the conversation.