In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.

George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.

We want lives of simple, predictable ease-smooth, even trails as far as the eye can see-but God likes to go off-road.

It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet.

There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster.

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.

The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.