After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

The time has come to end social promotion in our schools.

There is no country on earth with a stronger tradition of protecting the public's right to know.

We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation.

After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

I want business to prosper and make a profit caused by business expansion and prosperity

We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg.