We don't teach to the test. We teach a lot more than that. We teach to our standards.

We do have some holes in some of our teachers' backgrounds.

Grief is grief. It's always a little backwards when a young person dies, regardless of their age.

I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors. When you get right down to it, they probably like being fooled by politicians even more. A skillful actor will make you think, but a skillful politician will make you never have to think.

Food stamps are an investment in our future.

But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired, somebody is there to hold up the fort. I like knowing that I can't pick a refrigerator alone. God did not make me strong enough to do that.