It is time for a New Direction for our nation's energy policies.

The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep.

Drilling in the refuge will not solve America's energy problem. The Energy Department's own figures show that drilling would not change gas prices by more than a penny a gallon, and this would be 20 years from now.

Unfortunately, we are still in an age where individuals may be discriminated against because of health conditions.

Let there be no mistake, Hamas is a ruthless terrorist organization.

What we need to do is really improve energy efficiency standards, develop in full scale renewable and alternative energy and use the one resource we have in abundance, our creativity.

In America today, the percentage of children and adolescents who are defined as overweight is more than double what it was in the early 1970s.