For 60 years, Social Security has meant more than an ID number on a tax form; more than a monthly check in the mail. It reflects our deepest values - our respect for our parents and our belief that all Americans deserve to retire with dignity.

Putin wants to reestablish Russian greatness, not as the Cold War, but in 19th century empire terms.

I would never approach a small-breasted woman.

When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world that moves away from unequal, unstable, unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally, nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities.

I believe that people of my income group should pay more, and I explained why, but that won't necessarily lift overall wage levels.

Sometimes I feel like the fire hydrant looking at a pack of dogs.

Just try to imagine what it would be like to be 300 million years old.