Our state's strategy on methamphetamine, and any other issue, is going to be a moving target.

Washington, D.C. is full of think tanks, theoreticians and advocacy groups. Governors are the ones whose feet are on the ground.

The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world.

Since the 1960s, there has been a tremendous expansion of the resources available to pay for health care.

Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth come in to fill it up.

We have in Tennessee a number of wonderful faith-based clinics to serve the uninsured. It is an important principle with them that everyone pays something as they are able.

Good access to a doctor and a drugstore when you first have a problem can avoid a lot of cost and heartache later.