As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for them. This group doesn't necessarily have a name. We've been called 'moderates,' but that term can be misleading.

American education is still the wonder of the world, and we must open the schoolhouse doors, not close them.

President Obama knows that wars are not to be entered into lightly; he knows that overseas conflicts don't only do damage in the land in which they are fought, but in the land of those who fight them, as well.

The lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons I finally left my old Party.

I was born in 1953, so that's the Eisenhower administration.

Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share my deep appreciation for the close friendship between our two nations.

Here is a bold embrace of internationalism. Let's join the rest of the world and go metric.