More and more job fields require some form of higher education, and the pressure is on for schools to adequately prepare our students to compete both nationally and globally and help drive economic growth.

It takes bold direction and leadership to heal a divided nation.

The job of the press is to defend their institution, hold the government accountable and freely report and gather information.

Solutions and ideas should come from the bottom up, generated by local communities and not mandated from Washington.

We need to work to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the kind of health care choices that the American people want. That doesn't include government-run health care.

Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire.

Politics is a lot like acting. You have to be on all the time.

The Transparency Bill is something we should all support - practical steps in promoting an open and accountable democracy.