The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there.

Transgender discrimination is the civil rights issue of our time

I never had an interest in being a mayor ’cause that’s a real job. You have to produce. That’s why I was able to be a senator for 36 years.

Not that I've always agreed with what she said - far from it - but Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has been properly lauded, in my view, as a judge who approached her duties with open-mindedness and with a sensitivity that affects her decisions would have on everyday, ordinary people.

War should always be the absolute last resort.

I'm not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts. You know, that's not me.

Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy.