We've responded to all these events by becoming a generation of pragmatic idealists who believe that we have both the opportunity and the obligation to leave the world in better shape than we found it. So why is there so little Millennial representation in Congress?

Why on earth would anyone run for office and spend low-paid days and nights handling the "mishegos" of people who make you feel less than adequate no matter how hard you work?

To those who are already planning for the 2012 elections: if challenged by a reporter to back up your claims, simply say, "The issue isn't about facts. It's about starting a necessary discussion."

According to my would-be opponent, Jim Gerlach, "I see myself as a cultural anthropologist who goes into black culture to explain it to the white intelligentsia."

I watched Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric and learned that living next to another country and/or being on a flight path to another country c...