Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners.

Stem cells have the potential to be used to treat and better understand some of the world's most deadly and disabling diseases.

It's the uncertainty, the challenge and the willingness to put it all on the line that draws a lot of people to climb mountains. That can also apply to a lot of other challenges in life, whether it's running for office, starting a family, going to grad school or taking all of your cash and assets and starting a business.

It's tough to know the value of water until it's gone.

Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.

It is deeply shocking and incomprehensible to me that despite volumes of documentation and living witnesses who can attest to the horrors of the Holocaust, there are still those who would deny it.

I believe climate change is real - and I believe we have to act to protect the climate as fast as we possibly can.