What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.

Brick and mortar businesses - and the communities that depend on them - cannot continue to bear an unfair sales tax burden from which their on-line competitors are effectively exempt.

The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.

Its hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.

This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job.

God did not simply decide to create heaven and earth. He had a vision

If the caged birds think whoever scattering grains for them that person is their deity, what should we Kurds call the person who will grantee us an independence.

The geek of the Earth are a tribe and they are mighty.

The first few moments of the day are some of the most important as they can determine the mood for the rest of the day.

Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing.

I never wanted to set the world on fire. So I never had to burn any bridges behind me.

The thing which grieves and oppresses my heart with respect to poor Scotland, is the hardness of heart manifest in the levity and cruelty with which they speak of others.

People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.

I harp always on the 'idea' of life as I dwell perpetually on the existence of the moment.

I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.