George H.W. Bush: “Don't be surprised if you see me -- I'll try anything -- chew on a towel.”

This means that people of every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully and equally American. It means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the American creed.

We've seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty.

Think of every problem, every challenge we face. The solution to each starts with education.

Bigotry seems emboldened.