The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students.

We can see beyond the present shadows of war in the Middle East to a new world order where the strong work together to deter and stop aggression. This was precisely Franklin Roosevelt's and Winston Churchill's vision for peace for the post-war period.

The people I'm honored to represent in Missouri and all over the country want leaders to address their kitchen table everyday problems.

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.

I was raised in a working class family of Baptist faith, and I went to college on a church scholarship where early teachings were reinforced. Abortion was wrong, I was taught.

I think when everything is finally considered, I'll have a lot of support -- strong support -- not only from labor unions but from working people.

In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty.