When people are feeling insecure, they'd rather have someone who is strong and wrong rather than somebody who is weak and right.

When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

I recently spoke with Barbara Jordan of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, and I increasingly believe we need a system to verify employment eligibility. The Commission's recommendation of a national registry may be the way to go.

If you want to know where I come by the passionate commitment I have to bringing people together without regard to race, it all started with my grandfather.

Our campaign is the opposite of 'competence.'

The earth is warming at an alarming rate, we are running out of fossil fuels, and it is long past time for us to take action to correct these problems.

If you voluntarily quit in the face of adversity, you'll wonder about it for the rest of your life.