Catholics and evangelicals need to remain allied, and in solidarity, against the increasingly aggressive secularism of our age.

Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.

There's a lot of people out now around America who depend on checks from their fellow taxpayers being in the mailbox every day.

More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance for political gain. My first response is that if you cannot trust a party on the value of defending human life, how can you trust it on issues like marginal tax rates?

Democratic politicians, liberal activists and liberal news outlets routinely deploy incendiary rhetoric and wicked accusations to marginalize Republicans.

Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.

All of my judges will want to welcome every child into the world, give them a place at the table.