Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Whether we give our children a future of more or a future of less - this, too, is a choice.

Romney economics would spell disaster for America's middle class. In this economy there are shipbuilders and ship wreckers.

Let's not fall into the trap of thinking that all of our Muslim American neighbors in this country are somehow our enemies here. They are our first line of defense.

We need to be much more far thinking in this new 21st century era of - of nation state failures and conflict. It's not just about getting rid of a single dictator. It is about understanding the secondary and third consequences that fall next.

But we should not lose sight of how far we are coming and what a big hole we were left by George W. Bush.

We need to focus on destroying ISIL, but we shouldn't be the ones declaring that [Bashir] Assad must go.

A community united by the ideals of compassion and creativity has incredible power. Art of all kinds---music, literature, traditional arts, visual arts---can lift a community.