As a husband and as a father of girls, I cannot imagine any woman in my family making the sacrifice of sanity required to run for office. The limited reward for public service cannot blunt the cost.

Mention the name George W. Bush in mixed company, and you're likely to spark a lot of debate and emotion - hot and cold, good and bad. Not a lot of neutral reaction. He was elected in the most controversial contest in American electoral history and governed during one of the most tumultuous decades.

Defending birthright citizenship is about being on the right side of liberty. The 14th Amendment is a great legacy of the Republican Party.

Technology and social media have brought power back to the people.

Reasonable people can reasonably disagree on policy.

Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.

I prefer for government to err toward less regulation, lower taxation, and free markets. And I'm a radical free trader.