All you need is a double barrel

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

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

Should we have border security there? Yes. But the idea of the United States erecting a wall for the world to see makes a lie of everything we say about ourselves. It's a little bit like why the President [Barack Obama] and I feel so strongly about closing Guantanamo. It is inconsistent with who we are.

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

I think the only reason Clarence Thomas is on the court is because he is black

Millionaires are just as patriotic as poor people. The very wealthy are just as noble and patriotic as the middle class. But nothing has been asked of them in this horrendous recession. And it's time we just ask.