I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.

I think that liberals need to grow up.

In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.

It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.

The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.