When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.

We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us.

President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how.

We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.

Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.