Many nations are like rebellious teenagers who try to figure out just how many times they can kick us in the teeth while still taking our money.

They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people, they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now.

The average voter has to hear a point seven times before it registers.

Politics aside, it will be hard for any new liberal radio network to outdo the professionalism of NPR.

Cameras in classrooms are no substitute for greater authority by parents and teachers.

In the past, children learned their values at home, reinforced by organizations such as the Boy Scouts and, of course, their church or synagogue, but in all too many families that is no longer the case.

It is commonly agreed that children spend more hours per year watching television than in the classroom, and far less in actual conversation with their parents.