Although an increasing proportion of the Hispanic population is foreign-born - about half of adults in this group - English proficiency is and should remain a requirement for citizenship.

Back in the day, a pair of tight jeans was enough to earn a girl a bad reputation. Now slutty has gone Main Street.

The United Nations has become a largely irrelevant, if not positively destructive institution, and the just-released U.N. report on the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, proves the point.

One of the techniques terrorists employ is to allege torture and mistreatment when they are captured, regardless of whether it is true.

Liberals believe they own the franchise on minorities and can't stand any Hispanic or black who breaks rank.

It's very important, who has the most delegates. The superdelegates should not be the ones making the decision.

When have handouts ever worked? In the United States, we learned that welfare for our own citizens not only turned into a debilitating crutch, it created a more or less permanent underclass.

Some 43 percent of voters in union households voted for President Bush in 2004, according to exit poll data.

Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

We have created not a Brave New World, but a vulgar marketplace, where human attributes come with a price tag.

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more.

When we worry about someone we send them a secret message – I don’t believe in you. When we worry about our life, we send ourselves a secret message – I don’t believe in me.

I just like to make people laugh.

There is no plan B for passion

God is a too palpably clumsy answer; an answer which shows a lack of delicacy towards us thinkers-fundamentally, even a crude prohibition to us: you shall not think!

Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative interests.

Why does a literary scholar study the world of "fiction"? To show us that the facts can never be understood except in communion with the imagination.

All that one gives to others one gives to one's self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?

I'm the only member of the team that seeks to do pop music. I want to do music that anyone can like and enjoy.

Sometimes the lines in a song are lines you wish you could text-message somebody in real life.

He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most explicit and direct manner.