I don't know, maybe I made it up. Anyway, it's an arbo-tree-ist, somebody who knows about trees.

For decades, the public school system failed too many children, so we passed the No Child Left Behind Act and demanded schools show results in return for money.

Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel.

This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at a lot. I understand the emotionality of death penalty cases.

And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer. Church and charity, synagogue and mosque, lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and laws.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

I think that if you don't think we're in a war that you can't win the war.