People at .08 are too impaired to drive. Studies show that at .08, the ability to perform critical driving functions is decreased by as much as 60 percent.

Municipal networks expand economic opportunities. We've got to open new doors, not slam them shut.

Anybody who has ever been in business, anybody who has ever paid bills, anybody who has ever lived in a serious adult life knows that indebtedness is a killer.

One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.

I did not dwell on the issue of Europe during either the 2001 or the 2005 campaigns - despite it being a pivotal personal concern and despite seeing it as something of a litmus test for liberal democracy.

I had a very normal, very typical American childhood. My father worked for the government at the Pentagon and my mother was an educator, so we had a very average upbringing, but that's helped me in my writing because I'm writing about ordinary things.

You know, we're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected.

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.