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.

I know what it's like to have a young child at the weekend and feel like there is nothing to see in the movie theatre. Family is so important.

I'm not the world's best mother, though kids always assume I must be.

My father grew up in West Texas, in Lubbock, and I've got family here, and I grew up a Dallas Cowboy fan all my life.

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways.