Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.

Are there really good wars and bad wars? We thought so during World War II, and in retrospect, we were right. But in Vietnam, and Iraq we were wrong.

A skilled worker, regardless of the job description, remains a treasure.

Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

Legislative proposals that would enable an employer to determine whether or not a woman's insurance would cover the cost of birth control strikes women as particularly bizarre. Is the boss going to take care of the children that are conceived accidentally? Stop treating us like children. Women are grown ups.

Politics creates an almost endless time horizon into the future. ... As governor I had the incredible luxury of being able to dream on a grand scale. And this sense of infinite possibility gives politics its romance.