There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics. Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft without visible means of support.

Good Conservatives always pay their bills. And on time. Not like the Socialists who run up other people's bills.

It is one of the great weaknesses of reasonable men and women that they imagine that projects which fly in the face of commonsense are not serious or being seriously undertaken.

Our children need strong families raising them with sturdy virtues, not to be smothered in the cold arms of the state.

If someone is confronting our essential liberties, if someone is inflicting injuries and harm, by God I'll confront them!

Communism produces neither dignity nor prosperity. It takes all power away from the people and places it in the hands of a self-appointed elite. And because it distorts and manipulates the distinctive talents of individuals rather than letting those talents flourish, it prevents progress and prosperity.

I applaud strong government, but not overweening government sustained by cronies, ciphers and a personality cult.