There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

No activity I know is more of a confidence builder and at the same time more 'humility training' than wrestling.

Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.

A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.

If you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature.

Civility is not simply about manners.

The majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred.