The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.

If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.

Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.

There is a direct correlation between education, stable families and incarceration and crime.

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it.

I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.