I think he [Vaclav Havel] is one of the great figures of the 20th century. He is one of the people that was able to be a part of overthrowing a dictatorial system by talking to people and understanding what the elements of democracy really are and respect for each other and elevating.

He [Vaclav Havel] did love music. And so much about the Czech revolution was about music.

My younger sister retired a few years ago after a 30-year career teaching history and social studies at an inner-city high school.

We're obviously in speculation territory here, because we don't know what the Trump administration is going to do.

What we do have is a gigantic matching tax-cutting program as a way of stimulating the economy.

There was a bridge to the 21st century, and yet, somehow, for very large number of Americans, it was unclear how you got from one place to the other, from being a manual working-class man to being some part of a Brooklyn-based sharing economy.

I think he [Vaclav Havel] is one of the great figures of the 20th century. He is one of the people that was able to be a part of overthrowing a dictatorial system by talking to people and understanding what the elements of democracy really are and respect for each other and elevating.