I have kept a steady focus on restoring public faith in our state government since taking office July 1. Now it is time to make even bigger and bolder gains through legislative action.

I'm angry when we have to use state dollars to fill holes in our low-income heating assistance program because there isn't enough support from Washington.

At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.

The best math lesson we can teach college students this year is to subtract a tuition increase and benefit from the dividends of higher education.

The easy way out is to approve an early retirement plan one year but not pay out sick and vacation time to deserving employees until three years later. Unfortunately, later is now.

This continuing spike in gas prices is bad for consumers, bad for our economy, and bad for all other businesses. It is hurting us and costing us jobs.

I have been unexpectedly confronted with my own mortality as I was told that I had cancer.

Managers, regardless of salary, should not be allowed to earn or use comp time. They are expected to work as many hours as needed to get the job done - especially at these salary levels.

Oh, honey, ” she said, her tone echoing Wattie’s. “I’m not sick. I’m only dying.

I have always regarded the forward edge of the battlefield as the most exclusive club in the world

You can't walk on water until you get yourself out the boat.

Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

To be a winner of that, and to fall in the long line of traditional great backs at USC, to have your name in perpetuity, the fact that your parents are like icons... that's the greatest thing.

The things that break your heart when you think there's nothing left to break

We did a good job and I'm just glad I have it for a second time.

You've never in your life seen a horse run like this! He's all power - all beauty.