Barack Obama: “Michelle and I extend our condolences to the entire Stevens family and to the families of those who perished alongside…”

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

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.

The essence of Prop. 50 is to say that if you are going to play that game, then we are going to try to counteract that abuse of the system.

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away