The 2004 Election marks the first time in modern political history that Republican voter turnout matched Democratic turnout in a presidential election year.

According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules.

The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.

Far too often we see attention paid to the firearm and not the criminal.

With a nation at war against terrorism and our men and women on the front line defending our homeland from abroad, resources need to be prioritized and allocated properly.

As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books.

But recently it seems that each time I vote, I am being asked to compromise my conservative ideals and my commitment to the American taxpayer simply for the benefit of political gain.

I've often argued that oil and gas exploration is a state's rights issue. It is abundantly clear that the State of Florida does not want drilling to negatively affect its beaches and shores

All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief

...the facility at Guantanamo Bay is necessary to national security.

The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it.

Trust is a thing you know without words.

One of the most despicable religious fallacies is that suffering is ennobling, that it is a step on the path to some kind of enlightenment or salvation.

You are not showing her my baby pictures!” He sounded horrified, which made me laugh. “Come on, Evan, ” I teased with a laughing smile, “you were adorable.

The more interesting life becomes, in other words, the more boredom we are doomed to experience.

I think anybody who's doing work in their teen years on TV or in the movies, you're a teen idol by default.

I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy.

I've read that under trauma, that you have this ability to kind of disconnect from the experience.

Courtney Love said she once escorted Kerry to a concert. John Kerry once went out with Courtney Love and he's questioning Bush's judgment.

Good music can act as a guide to good living.

Our legal and political culture has created a bias in the law that borders on censorship against reading, displaying, or quoting the Bible.