There is no question we need higher academic standards and at the local level the rigor of the Common Core state standards must be the new minimum in classrooms.

People, based on their emotion, will express support for the sentiment, not necessarily the specifics 'cause there are none.

Our freedom is under attack. Our economy is under water. The leading democrat is under investigation. And America is under the gun to lead the free world to protect our civilized way of life.

America does not have the luxury of withdrawing from the world, our security, and our prosperity, and our values demand that we remain engaged and involved in -- often distant places.

Donald Trump he wanted casino gambling in Florida. Yes, you did.

A third of our kids, after we spend more per student than any country in the world other than a couple rounding errors, 30 percent are college- and/or career-ready.

Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.