Gay marriage will be universally accepted in time. But if I may be so bold as to say to gays and lesbians, don't wait for that time to arrive. Just as my father and his generation did not 'wait' for their civil rights, nor should you. The toothpaste ain't going back in the tube. The tide has turned.

With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'

I understand politicos gotta make bank. But cloistering with the Hollywood elite is not how you prove you're a man of the people.

I've no desire to start a movement, to be the first name on an open petition, or to be the poster child for disgruntled writers.

I want to explore different topics and present them in slightly different ways.

Much as banks don't care where your money's coming from, the Electoral College is all 'don't ask, don't care' when it comes to votes.

Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Barack Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation.