With the increased cost of gasoline, it doesn't appear that we're going to see a slowing of interest in mass transit. I think it's going to continue to grow.

Certainly we're going to continue to see those commercials that I call 30-second drive-by shootings. And they're going to have a lot of money to do it. But we're going to combat it.

I'm not going to be the rock star of the far right and frankly on the rock star of the far left.

It may take practice to think more positively and more compassionately, but just as you must train a puppy to behave the way you want it to, you must train your mind to behave itself. Otherwise, like the puppy, your mind will just make a lot of messes.

If candidates spend money on ads and other political speech and their opponents are rewarded with government handouts to attack them, that chills speech and is unconstitutional. Non-participating candidates certainly don't volunteer to allow their opponents to receive taxpayer subsidies to bash them.

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.

Religion and morality are critical to how students think about politics and form opinions on political issues.

There is just a small difference between the United States and Russia - Russia does not teach the whole world democracy.