I think it's weird that people think someone who's not a politician could be the mayor of Chicago.

Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.

This sense of the safe-deposit box as a totem of responsible security inspired me to rent a box myself shortly after the birth of our first child….

Empathy is the greatest virtue. From it, all virtues flow. Without it, all virtues are an act.

I think it's weird that people think someone who's not a politician could be the mayor of Chicago.

There's no sense talking about priorities. Priorities reveal themselves. We're all transparent against the face of the clock.

You can't buy time or save it, common idioms notwithstanding. You can only spend it.