According to the Institute for International Economics, trade barriers cost American consumers $80 billion a year or more than $1,200 per family.

Communism and socialism is [sic] seductive. It promises us that people will contribute according to ability and receive according to needs. Everybody is equal. Everybody has a right to decent housing, decent food and affordable medical care. History should have taught us that when we hear people talk this stuff - watch out!

The message coming out of Washington, especially from our leftist politicians and the news media, is that we solve our budget problems by raising taxes on the rich. If Americans were more informed, such a message would be insulting to our intelligence. There are not enough rich people to satisfy Congress' appetite.

"Cap and trade" is just about the most effective tool for controlling most economic activity short of openly declaring ourselves a communist nation and it's a radical environmentalist's dream come true.

Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a protector of rights.

It's people seeking more for themselves that has produced a better life for all Americans.

Saying the Constitution is a living document is the same as saying we don't have a Constitution.