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Senator Bob Corker ‏ Verified account   @SenBobCorker Follow More It's a shame the White House has become an adult day ...

...even with those who have the strange American fixation on the right to own military-style firearms. They don’t have a reason for this fix...

A recent answer I gave on Quora elicited this comment. This is… one of the best explanations I've seen regarding Trump supporters and...

My mother was an elementary school principal, not a Marine who signed up to be on the frontlines of a shootout.  --Erica Lafferty, daughte...

"Ronald Reagan didn't attack the people around him. He didn't demean the people around him. He brought everybody together at th...

From Tom Teves , father of Alex Teves killed in the Aurora shooting. Another man with a gun. Another movie theater. Another devastated com...

A response on Quora regarding Wayne LaPierre's speech at the NRA convention this year. Fear, fear, and more fear. Keep the boogeyman ...

I got a message on Quora from someone who has recently been engaging Kevin Baker in a discussion. This Kevin Baker guy can be difficult to...

And they happen to be mine... There are a number of reasons why they hate President Obama. 1. Conservatives are very tribal. Anyone that d...

Regarding the election being a referendum on President Obama... This election was a weird referendum on Obama. His core supporters voted ...

As she has since she stepped onto the national stage six years ago, Palin is the ultimate avatar of base Republican culture since she views ...

Vivek Wadhwa's recent piece on solar energy really puts things in perspective. He notes one of my favorite thinkers and his astute pred...

From a question on Quora... Some advocate for it because they believe it's essential to self-defense. Let's leave that aside, and ...

From a recent Quora question... There are many arguably valid interpretations of the Constitution, and there are lengthy treatises availab...

From one of my Quora questions... I can't speak to the conservative pundits who I don't listen to or follow, but I can say a few t...