Social Security is at last on the nation's front burner.

Perhaps our Irish friends should not so completely turn their backs on their historical dishes, no matter how many jokes they might have to endure.

When runaway inflation and bank failures struck in Germany in the 1920s, the middle class was destroyed, which led directly to the rise of the Nazis.

We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.

Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders.

We didn't defeat the Nazis by becoming Nazis.

A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate raising or eliminating the cap on salaries subject to the Social Security tax.