I don't expect the government to solve my problems, but at least I expect them to understand it.

My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University.

The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.

The change we need is fixing this broken economy from the bottom up.. not tax breaks for the wealthy and huge corporations that ship U.S. jobs overseas. We need to focus on defeating al Qaeda and the Taliban and restoring America's standing in the world.. not an unending commitment in Iraq.

The reason I talk so much about the middle class is it's the glue that holds America together. It really is. And we don't speak enough to their legitimate concerns.

What's four years in our long American history? Remember when I asked that wheelchair-bound politician to "stand up." It turns me off when people say Donald Trump is authentic. Just because he says "Mexican rapists." What about me? I am the real deal.

In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless.