Most people assume that physician language is akin to technical, non-understandable jargon. It does not have to be that way. Doctors do not perform witchcraft. They simply interpret what they are told and what tests reveal. They diagnose and prescribe treatment. Our responsibility is to help doctors know what is going on in our bodies and to insist on clear, precise, understandable language in response.

You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be funny. And politics ought to be fun -- after baseball it's our next favorite national pastime.

We saw farms go on the auction block while we bought food from foreign countries. Well, that's wrong.

July does not a November election make.

I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.

I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.

You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.