Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product’s cost to society is reflected in the price of that product.

A year is an eternity in politics – though less than a moment in history.

When you’re in office, there are tangible moments when you can see tangible successes.

The big lie out there, the big lie that the Republicans propagate day after day, is that cutting marginal rates for those at the top is going to create jobs. It’s simply not true.

While their fiscal views aren’t mine, the moderates are the last reasonable voice in the current Republican Party.

I don’t have any particular expertise-I’ve never been a banker or an investment banker. But I did see an evolution in the system that I thought was problematic.

I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive, strong, and consistent – important qualities in a president. Mitt Romney is indeed an Etch A Sketch, the antithesis of leadership.

The Tea Party isolated Mitt Romney from mainstream voters, linking him to a rabid ideology that he could not shake as he desperately tried to move to the middle in the closing weeks of the campaign. Lesson: The loudest voices don’t often command the votes needed to win in November.

I don’t think Michael Bloomberg would say that his greatest skill is delivering the speech. He would say he’s more of a nuts-and-bolts mayor-picking up the trash, dealing with the school system.

It’s not Big Brother that we now have to be afraid of, but Big Browser.