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.

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

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

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

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

Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.