I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.

I find it odd that theres such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions.

A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either locally or nationally in meaningful ways.

Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers.

Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter verified paper trail.

I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country.

We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.