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

I have a long-term interest in the humanities.

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.

When I look at Social Security, I consider it the most important social program in the United States, arguably the most successful program in the world.

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

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