Barack Obama: “For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews…”

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.

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

That was fantastic. I was a little tall for it.