John Avlon

The two parties are still more polarized than ever before and the rise of partisan media is an important reason for it.

It's important to remember that Bush Derangement Syndrome on the left - comparing him to Hitler, calling him a terrorist and a tyrant - preceded Obama Derangement Syndrome on the right.

If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

In my 20 years as a photographer, covering conflicts from Bosnia to Gaza to Iraq to Afghanistan, injured civilians and soldiers have passed through my life many times.