Public decision-making does not lend itself to certitude.

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

There are words bandied about that are being misused - words like 'socialism,' words like 'communism,' words like 'fascism.

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

The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times.

History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.

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