The issue of universal coverage is not a matter of economics. Little more than 1 percent of GDP assigned to health could cover all. It is a matter of soul.

Massachusetts is the first state in America to reach full adulthood. The rest of America is still in adolescence.

The ACA is an ugly patch on an ugly system - and I don't think it's worth mentioning in the context of price or quality transparency.

The rich are becoming richer, and the gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger.

We are the only nation where paper is still the mainstay in the private insurance industry.

There are libertarian values which say private property is the overarching value, the sanctity thereof, and there are egalitarians who say health care should be shared and so on. That's fair enough.

She smiled, content in knowing no one had ever loved her as much as Lucas, and now she knew why. Because no one could love her more, or better, than the demon king.

Thou shalt not tweet to be retweeted.

In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: 'This too will pass.'

I still have that new senator smell.

[On being told Mary, Queen of Scots, was taller than she:] Then she is too high, for I myself am neither too high nor too low.

To Norwegians, the polka is a form of martial art.

Intuitive design is how we give the user new superpowers.

A leader is a person who must take special responsibility for what's going on inside of himself or herself ... lest the act of leadership create more harm than good.

I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do.

I thought unicorns were more . . . Fluffy.