I think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never let go. Even worse, now the Republicans feel they can keep pushing and he will keep giving. They have not seen a stiff resistance on his part.

America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.

There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.

Surrender had played out for good with me.

Music of all arts should be expansive and inclusive.

When we do in Grenada what the Soviet Union did in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, we lose moral authority and credibility.

I must oppose the use of federal funds for a policy of killing infants.