The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel

Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.

The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and other acts of maltreatment shock the conscience.

I have no confidence whatsoever in BP. I think that they do not know what they are doing.

Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system.

The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years.

Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.