Obama shows no sign of easing up on negativity.

At the start of his second term, one wonders less about Obama's fitness than his willingness: Why doesn't he do more to build and maintain the relationships required to govern in era of polarization?

It's a deft trick to turn American exceptionalism into an exceptional political tactic.

According to a Public Policy Polling survey, most Americans find lice and colonoscopies more appealing than Capitol Hill.

With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership.

Blending hard-bitten realism with long-view optimism, Obama said that every 20 or 30 years brings a new cycle of pessimism in America.

Although we were never pals and occasionally butted heads, my relationship with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, made me a better journalist.

President George W. Bush won reelection in 2004 largely because he was seen as comfortable in his own skin, while rival John Kerry was viewed as a flip-flopping opportunist.

Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an uncanny ability to make friends and find mentors.

I'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in President Obama's reelection rhetoric.

For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation's challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda.

Fate is a given, destiny is what we do with it

They are enlightened who join in this play knowing it as play, for people suffer only because they take as serious what the gods made for fun.

One of the reasons I'm seriously thinking about running for president is that America is not a respected country anymore.

What did I know best that I had not written about and Lost? What did I know about truly and care for the most?

'TableTop' is packed with gaming celebrities and independent game creators. This is a huge subculture that really doesn't have a vehicle to rally around or educate people with.

There has to be a woman, but not much of a one. A good horse is much more important.

Those readiest to criticise are often least able to appreciate.

And I've been lucky in that I haven't had another job besides acting in the last five years.

The more you understand yourself, the more you will understand the world.

People hold on to what they like. They discard what they don't...