It's much more powerful and compelling to create a positive vision than it is to tear somebody down.

There's no question that many factors contribute to voters' perceptions about debates and who wins and who loses.

As history has repeatedly proven, one trade tariff begets another, then another - until you've got a full-blown trade war. No one ever wins, and consumers always get screwed.

Marketers know - no matter how deep the emotional connection or brand loyalty - when a product does not perform, rational thought overtakes emotion, and most consumers make a new choice.

If we cannot come together to pause, to respect our dead and the heroic lives of meaning they led, then ours is truly a civilization lost.

A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best.

Reasonable people can reasonably disagree on policy.