It's absolutely shameful that Rep. Grijalva would try to use tribes as political pawns to implement the misguided agenda of extremist environmental groups.

People want to give everybody a pass, but leadership comes at a price.

Our leadership in D.C. should be bold and determined.

We were elected to serve our districts, and that demands putting bygones aside. That's what leadership's all about.

Leadership has a price.

A government that can take all and can seize all, a government that doesn't trust its citizens, a government that says it's their way or the highway... that's the scary part.

The EPA has no legal authority to expand the definition of navigable waters under the Clean Water Act, as the Supreme Court has repeatedly made clear.

The world is corrupt, and the way for me to make it better is not by writing letters, but joining my efforts with those of others to produce a work of beauty.

I wish I could find MY books listed on GOODREADS - DODGING JOE, THE WOMAN WHO WOULDN'T EXPLAIN, THE BITTER GRAPES - ll available through Amazon and Createspace -

For while it is of no particular importance how many things you start in life, it is of great importance how many you finish!

Pity! The southerly trees have shed their leaves. Nobody comes to appreciate the mountain's beauty. Tomorrow I too will float away. My reflection gone from cool streams.

Yes, Bill Clinton is a big flirt.

If perfection is stagnation, then Heaven is a swamp.

North Carolina was never a battleground state until recently. Now it is, and it's because of migration from the Northeast.

The publishing industry is stuck somewhere in the Jurassic era.