I love Thanksgiving. I truly do. Every last thing about it is wonderful. I love getting together with family and friends. I love the meal. I love the football. I love the four-day weekend without having anything that particularly has to get done. And of course, I love the fundamental idea behind it-giving thanks for all the good people and good things in your life.

Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.

Recognizing and preventing men's health problems is not just a man's issue. Because of its impact on wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters, men's health is truly a family issue.

We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals.

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world

"Novels and gardens," she says. "I like to move from plot to plot."