Real vision demands that we make tough choices. Real vision is responsible and it is paid for.

Early college high schools in North Carolina and across the country show us that challenge - not remediation - is an approach to education that works.

As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority.

Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon.

Women's books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If it's a woman, she's 'spilling her guts,' and it's not art.

Sick people, particularly those with serious conditions, greatly prefer the company of their friends and family to residence in a hospital or nursing home.

I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father and he played a kid who was suing his father for alienation of affection or something. It was great.

My mother had a lot of parties when I was a child. There'd always be a moment when she would place me on the upright piano and have me sing Somewhere 'Over the Rainbow'.