Neither my father nor grandfather could put dates to their stories. Not because they had forgotten or were confused; the past was simply the past.

It's hard to keep passing myself off as a grown-up when a piece of me is still six years old and utterly at the mercy of authority.

Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn’t catch up, it overtakes … blotting out the future.

The problem we are dealing with at the border is not a Democratic problem. It is not a Republican problem. It is an American problem.