 If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down. |
| That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables. |
| Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons. |
| Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe. |
| The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam. |
| Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks. |
| Well, we can't afford blindness anymore. There are tens of thousands of thugs who loathe liberty and love death, and want to annihilate Western civilization. |
| There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster. |
| The United States spends more money on African aid than any nation on earth. |
| Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion. |
| It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet. |
| Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues. |
| The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two. |
| In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market. |
| To have faith is to believe in truth, believe that truth confers special power on those lucky enough to get a little insight, and to know in our hearts that all these things come from God, which is why we should never get too cocky about our successes. |
| Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto. |
| George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation. |
| We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. |
| We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential. |
| It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music. |
