She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.

If I say something that ends up on the front page of Drudge, I haven't done it right.

You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.

Compromise today is too often applauded simply for itself. The cost of compromise to principles and real lives doesn't seem to matter.

What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a difference. But then we forget. We've forgotten Katrina victims, we've forgotten the face of poverty.

It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.

Either you push forward with the things that you were doing yesterday or you start dying.