English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds.

Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.

Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America.

Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.

To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate in our melting pot, truly to become Americans. We mock that when the cherished right to vote does not involve English any more.

The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era.