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

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.

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

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

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

The sacred space in time is irreplaceable.

When I go on holiday, I wear wedges. They accentuate your leg, honey, and you have to look good on the beach.

Lying has become so much the accepted norm that people lie even when it would be simpler to tell the truth.

God does not fill with His Holy Spirit those who believe in the fullness of the Spirit, or those who desire Him, but those who obey Him.

If you have done your homework, then the slightest motion from the teacher can cause you to spin into hundreds of different states of mind. That can only happen for the prepared individual.

Medicine is not about conquering diseases and death, but about the alleviation of suffering, minimising harm, smoothing the painful journey of man to the grave.

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a grief in store for yourself.]

The force of arms only reveals man s weakness.

It is not a bad thing to settle for the Little Way, not the big search for the big happiness but the sad little happiness of drinks and kisses, a good little car and a warm deep thigh.

If you have the same problem for a long time, maybe it's not a problem. Maybe it's a fact.