This is America, and we don't restrict our battles over people's sex lives to 11 months a year

I'm being driven crazy by people who are obsessed with limiting the scope of government, but feel perfectly free to demand that government get involved in women's most personal choices.

The idea that if you don’t like how things are going, you can just leave is so engrained in Texas, the secession movement is no surprise.

My all-time favorite program in my entire life was 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'

In college, the guys aren't worrying about whether they'll be able to pursue their career dreams and still have kids.

For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to get a driver's license, buy an airplane ticket and stop worrying about sudden deportation. But for the country as a whole, it's crucial that everybody have a citizen's stake in the nation's welfare.

When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.