We need to take steps to strengthen and mend Social Security so that its promise of a secure retirement is just as real for seniors in the future as it is today.

Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power.

Judicial excellence requires an understanding that the law is more than an intellectual game and more than a mental exercise. He or she must recognize that real people with real problems are affected by the decisions rendered by the court. Justice, after all, may be blind, but it should not be deaf.

Through its interpretation of the Constitution, the Supreme Court hugely shapes the fabric of our society for us and for future generations.

As the guardian of our rights, the Supreme Court makes decisions every year which either protect the individual or leave him at the mercy of more powerful forces in our society.

We need to fight the plague of the uninsured the way we have fought other threats to our way of life and our basic values.

Businesses want to offer solid, affordable health insurance to their employees, but it is getting harder to find every year.