We are all the sons or daughters of immigrants - some more recent than others - but all dedicated to the triumph of an idea that serves as the touchstone of what it means to be an American. This America is the only America that we have hitherto known - if being conservative has anything to do with conserving the principles of our past, then no conservative has any business bashing legal immigration.

I have come to think that capital punishment should be abolished.

The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.

The only way to oppose a bad idea is to replace it with a good idea.

In a recent fire Bob Dole's library burned down. Both books were lost. And he hadn't even finished coloring one of them.

The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil rights battle of the twenty-first century.

I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.