We can't allow ourselves to descend down the rabbit hole of unbridled partisanship for partisan sake.

Alice falls down the rabbit hole and her dress poofs up like a parachute] Alice: Well, after this I should think nothing of falling down stairs.

Protection of religious freedom means considering the faiths and beliefs of everyone involved.

I like to take out the recycling because I actually feel like I'm doing something.

Just as we can no longer pretend that ducking under wooden desks will keep us safe from a nuclear bomb, we must no longer pretend that a large nuclear stockpile will protect us from the most immediate security threats the United States faces.

We need to replace hyperbole with a reasonable, informed discussion about how to reinvent the federal budget with more transparency and better accountability.