Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

Politicians must pick sides regularly; every time they vote. So it's perhaps natural that they see the world as a battle between competing groups.

It is true that, when an entitlement begins to be enjoyed by people, they like to keep it.

The key thing is to ensure that we give the criminal-justice system the tools it needs, so that women's rights are turned into reality. It is not enough to say domestic violence is a crime ?- in order for the laws to be successful, lawyers and courts must have the necessary means to prosecute it.

Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

It ought to be done by the elected officials themselves because they have the credibility. And it's not like we aren't willing to help.

The death tax is unfair, inefficient, economically unsound and, frankly, immoral.