On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been.

I am tired with hyphenated Americans! We are not Indian-Americans, or African-Americans.

I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended.

I think that local school districts - not the federal government - should make the decision about how they teach science, biology, economics. I want my kids to be taught about evolution; I want my kids to be taught about other theories.

We don't measure our people's success in how they're doing in government. We measure how they are doing in the real world and the private sector economy.

The threat of terrorism is great and with today's porous borders, someone could bring a biological weapon into our country or sneak a dirty bomb across unmanned portions of our borders.

The Obama presidency, and liberalism in general, are based on not trusting the American people - a belief that big government is better for people.