Taylor Branch

The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government.

Martin Luther King was a leader for all Americans on our own professed values.

I think the colleges should be free to give athletes less than a full scholarship, no scholarship and more than a scholarship. And the athletes should be free to bargain.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Since the days of Greece and Rome, when the word 'citizen' was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.