Critics have stepped up their attacks on the President for authorizing the National Security Agency to listen to international communications of known al Qaeda members or affiliated terrorists during a time of war. The American people expect their leaders to stay a step ahead of the enemy, and the National Security Agency authorization is a critical tool in the War on Terror that saves lives and protects civil liberties at the same time.

We are disappointed at the decision. The president remains fully committed to building a culture of life ... that is built on valuing life at all stages.

It's no coincidence that Superman's parents are Joseph and Martha Kent.

The permanent campaign is inherently deceptive.

I believe in working together to solve the problems we've got. And we need to get rid of the venom in the political atmosphere in D.C. It's a poisonous atmosphere.

Well I think that you have to be open and honest in order to learn from your mistakes and be able to correct them in the future to understand what would happen to take things off course. And if we don't address these issues openly and honestly then we don't learn.

Churches are like announcement factories that pump toxic levels of noise pollution into the atmosphere.