Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you. Easier said than done.
When any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everyone.
When I said, You could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables, I was talking about well-documented reality. ... But too many of Trump’s core supporters do hold views...
That was some weird shit, George W. reportedly said with characteristic Texas bluntness. I couldn’t have agreed more.
Women are seen favorably when they advocate for others, but unfavorably when they advocate for themselves.
Along the way, I’ve tried not to make the same mistake twice, to learn, to adapt, and to pray for the wisdom to make better choices in the future.
Although we weren’t able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it’s got about 18 million cracks in it. And the light is shining through like never before, filling us...
I went back to de Tocqueville. After studying the French Revolution, he wrote that revolts tend to start not in places where conditions are worst, but in places where expectations are most unmet. So i...
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. —Friedrich Nietzsche (and Kelly Clarkson)
Forward-thinking teachers and school administrators across the country are creating a whole range of alternatives to cookie-cutter teaching and evaluation methods, such as the use of student portfolio...
It hurts to be torn apart.
Strength is what it’s all about. Trump doesn’t think in terms of morality or human rights, he thinks only in terms of power and dominance.
So I’ve never had much respect for activists who are willing to sit out elections, waste their votes, or tear down well-meaning allies rather than engage constructively. Making the perfect the enemy o...
Early on the morning of November 9, when it came time to decide on what I’d say in my concession speech, I remembered those words. Inspired by them, I wrote these: To all the little girls who are watc...
One thing that has never been a hard choice for me is serving our country. It has been the greatest honor of my life.
Given my inability to explain this mess, I decided to let other voices tell the story this time.
My predecessor in the Senate, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, used to say, Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
My mistakes burn me up inside. But as one of my favorite poets, Mary Oliver, says, while our mistakes make us want to cry, the world doesn’t need more of that.
It’s up to us to make the choice to be grateful even when things aren’t going well. Nouwen calls that the discipline of gratitude. To me, it means not just being grateful for the good things, because...
I tried to lose myself in books. Our house is packed with them, and we keep adding more. Like my mother, I love mystery novels and can plow through one in a single sitting. Some of my recent favorites...
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