We hear talk now about reforming public education. There are billions of dollars at stake for such a reform. But I have not heard Arne Duncan, who is the U.S. Education Secretary, mention once the civic illiteracy in the country.

My father was pretty independent. He was - he was arrested once in Nashville when he was on one of his sales trips because he had a black - guy to lunch. So that took a fair amount of courage at the time.

[Barack Obama's ] only principle is his own aggrandizement. This is a very dangerous mindset for a president to have.

Trotsky found out about him - Leon Trotsky - because A.J.[Muste] worked. He was an activist. And he organized the first sit-in strike in Toledo in a factory. And Trotsky was very impressed with that.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

Being pro-life is an essential part of being a writer.

There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred.