A nation can't get strong on political pablum.

To me, the failure of liberalism - the tradition I come from - was not recognizing there has to be justice across the generations.

Politics is a love-hate relationship. I sure know that.

I think that retiring the baby boomers is going to be one of the great challenges in America, that you cannot make fiscal sense out of the future of our children without taking on entitlements.

Many seniors understand that Social Security is social insurance as opposed to a program where we put money aside for our own retirement. But most elderly individuals think they're getting their money back. So it isn't selfishness as much as a misunderstanding.

American public policy is run on a myth.

Sprawl is the American ideal way to develop.