The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans pensions, while the states cut almost everything else. It would be tough but we could do it.

No doctor is going to do an abortion on a live fetus. That doesn't happen. Doctors don't do that. If they do, they'll get their license pulled, as well they should.

If money is a form of speech, as the Supreme Court has regrettably found, rich donors will always be the loudest speakers.

We will ultimately be judged by how we react in times of trouble and how we care for the least among us.

How much courage does it take for Dean to throw red meat to the party faithful?

I've always been endorsed by the National Rifle Association.

I've resisted pronouncing a sentence before guilt is found. I will have this old-fashioned notion that even with people like Osama, who is very likely to be found guilty, we should do our best not to, in positions of executive power, not to prejudge jury trials.