What the great mentor is always looking for is a person who is willing to tap his genius, to put it through the refiner's fire, to do the hard work to develop it. Indeed, mentoring is the medieval art of alchemy-turning plain old human steel into hearts and minds of gold.

Americans must either choose big government and be willing to pay for and submit to it, or they must move toward smaller, less intrusive government and be willing to enjoy fewer government programs.

Still reading but learning a lot about true education and the process of guiding our children in their educational pursuits.

The only person who can fix education is the student.

In nations that have become too complex, taxes and regulation cause at least a doubling of the amount employers must spend on labor. Many experts call this 'progress,' but the natural result is that many companies respond by sending their operations and jobs to less costly nations.

Our children must be offered an education up to par with thier potential-and equal to the needs of the Twenty-first century.

Until the American majority is willing to live within its means, it can hardly force its political leaders to do so.