Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats.

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.

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.

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.

Only one kind of species of animals bites the hand that feeds them - mankind.

To make someone wait: the constant prerogative of all power, "age-old pastime of humanity".

Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.

My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasn't bullied at school because my outward attitude was confident, and that helps.

It's easier to die when you have lived, than it is to die when you haven't. So I say to all young people, go make memories; beautiful memories. Because when the time comes to go, you won't go alone.

The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit

But we talk about issues, we talk about people, we talk about personalities. George is a very good reader of people, and he's very perceptive about people, and you know, that's fine.

In a hundred years, how do you want the world to be? Everybody should get together to make the world a better place.

Even without success, creative persons find joy in a job well done. Learning for its own sake is rewarding.

I'm always the girl at the party who, within five minutes, has taken my heels off, hitched up my dress in my knickers, and probably spilt drink down my cleavage.