Morning ritual
Generally, I'm up at 5am to check my email and the news. I turn on Way Too Early with Willie Geist at 5:30. From 7 to 8am, it's all about my children – making lunch, getting them dressed, and then our family sits down for breakfast.

Required reading
The Washington Post is the starter – and not just the national news. I always read the metro section in part because it's my community, but also because ...