Some believe politics is about division: dividing voters, dividing voices, dividing people who don’t fit a mold. I believe differently. Politics, when it’s done right, is about multiplication.

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

To my fellow Republicans: we must be the party that welcomes the newly awakened. The party that offers clarity and courage. The party that believes in redemption, second chances, and big coalitions.