Republican leadership in Congress let the energy companies write the energy bill that sent prices soaring, and has turned a blind eye to the struggles of working families trying to make ends meet.

The administration needs to speak honestly with the American people. Exaggerating our progress in defeating the insurgency or in creating an Iraqi army paints a dangerous picture.

The average family earning minimum wage spends 141 percent of their income struggling to meet basic needs - food, shelter, clothing.

Anyone who's tried to pay a heating bill, fill a prescription, or simply buy groceries knows all too well that the current minimum wage does not cut the mustard.

Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies.

Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio.

Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour.

Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it.

Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they won.

The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant.

As president, Clinton will continue to oppose TPP until it dies.

There is room for words on subjects other than last words.

Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.

Still, to this day I go back and listen to music that inspires me to write now

What moments divine , what rapture serene.

It's a bad religion to be in love with someone who could never love you.

Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.

We do things much the same way as we did 50, 60 or even 70 years ago. The answers may not be wrong, but we haven't experimented to see whether they are or not.

You may boldly say, you did not plough Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.

One does not see anything until one sees its beauty.

My father died prematurely at the age of 52 when I was 24, and it is a recurring regret that he never lived to see me succeed beyond university and drama.