Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits.

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.

I hate to tell you, but it's not always pretty up there on Capitol Hill and there have been other scandals as you know that have been more than simply naughty e-mails.

It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies.

You're young and you're bulletproof and invincible. But never underestimate the power of other people's love and prayer.

Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.

Government never falls lower than when decent people dutifully excuse their leaders' sins.