Barack Obama: “The United States now produces more oil at home than the Nation buys from other countries for the first time in nearly…”

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.

At least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people.