The most valuable gift one can receive is thoughtful criticism
The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land we inhabit are not only critical elements in the quality of life we enjoy - they are a reflection of the majesty of our Creator.
We're at the end of an era of failed leadership. We have been led by a divider [ Barack Obama] who has sliced and diced the electorate, pitting American against American for political purposes.
America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.
I'll work every day to try to make Washington, D. C. , as inconsequential in your life as I can.
Reforming public education, cutting property taxes, fixing adult and child protective services and funding our budget can all occur when Democrats and Republicans engage in consensus and cooperation - not cynicism and combat.
But it wasn't until I graduated from Texas A & M University and joined the United States Air Force, flying C-130's all around the globe, that I truly appreciated the blessings of freedom.
It amazes me how easy it is for things to change, how easy it is to start off down the same road you always take and wind up somewhere new. Just one false step, one pause, one detour, and you end up with new friends or a bad reputation or a boyfriend or a breakup. It's never occurred to me before; I've never been able to see it. And it makes me feel, weirdly, like maybe all of these different possibilities exist at the same time, like each moment we live has a thousand other moments layered underneath it that look different.
Although personally, I think cyberspace means the end of our species.
All I knew was that hate was so deadly as any poison and did no one any good. You had to control and eliminate it, if you could.
In the '90s there were these great end of the world movies like 'Armageddon' and 'Deep Impact'. . . I always liked the idea of what people on the ground are doing, not so much the people who are trying to stop the world from ending.