We have seen the Democrat solution to an energy crisis; it's called California.

We have seen the Democrat solution to an energy crisis; it's called California.

Education is a bipartisan issue that concern all communities of color and should be first, last and always about the student learning.

Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we've forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from.

The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.

My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.

Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations.