While people are prepared to talk about Social Security, about marriage equality, about any number of other issues, people are not prepared - your layperson is not prepared to have a conversation about foreign policy.

President [Barack] Obama's pick of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was abysmal.

President [Barack] Obama's choice of Rahm Emmanuel as his Chief of Staff was questionable, and perhaps coverups around the police violence against black people in Chicago is reflective of Mr. Emmanuel's values.

If the Muslim community in Michigan comes out strongly, I think they will make a difference.

History belongs to she who holds the pen...If we don't tell our stories, they won't be told.

Lots of African-American people really so adore Barack Obama that they're unwilling to even be mildly critical of him.

Sometimes, I repeat myself, and that was a second elimination [of Barack Obama]. I worked with a team, including a great editor who, as the project came together, suggested other additions and eliminations. It was a process.