Those who try to stifle the vibrancy of our democracy and shield policies from scrutiny behind a false cloak of patriotism miss the real value of what our troops defend and how we best defend our troops. We will ask questions and we will defend our democracy.

My hope is the Trump administration will approach Russia strategically, with a clear purpose of trying to find more common ground, but without giving up on fundamental values and principles that are at the core of the United States' foreign policy.

So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.

Our troops are terrorizing women and children in the dark of night in Iraq.

I figured out Karl Rove's political strategy -- make gas so expensive, no Democrats can afford to go to the polls.

Jesus did not help just the sick who could afford to pay for it.

Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It doesn't. I don't want abortion. Abortion should be the rarest thing in the world. I am actually personally opposed to abortion. But I don't believe that I have a right to take what is an article of faith to me and legislate it to other people. That's not how it works in America.