The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits.

True patriots measure themselves not by personal wealth or power but by the degree to which they contribute to the community.

The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him this: What have you done lately to earn it?

Today's multiracial Americans are at greater liberty to choose how they'd like to be seen, and under less pressure to pass for white.

We're all better off...when we're all better off.

Identity in America is complicated but it's also simple: it's about whom you identify with and who identifies with you.

As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don't have to do much. Very little is asked of us.

Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass.

To be sure, the United States has profound problems, not least our faltering educational and physical infrastructure.

Society becomes how you behave.

The nativism behind the push to repeal or amend the Fourteenth is ugly and obvious.

When expecting from your dear ones is a mistake, telling them not to expect is a blunder!

Inspiration may not solve one’s deepest or darkest problems, but it can be a light when no other light shines.

No one is fearless. The difference between achievers and everyone else is that they take action despite their fears.

I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level.

What was that thing that could make two people promise one another to spend every day of the rest of their lives together? Ah,I found it. It was a thing called love. A small simple word.

I agree and I disagree in the sense that I think that he [Donald Trump] has a fondness for autocrats, but at the same time, isn't he talking about like perception of defending your country.

Health care is much the same - the status quo is, by all measures, failing far too many people - and we must not shrink from the challenge.

Stop looking for something out there and begin seeing within.

Somewhere the hurting must stop.

Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.