Hillary is right in pointing out that most parents could use some help, but it doesn't take a village. It especially doesn't take a village of government-funded social workers, most of whom are either not yet married or divorced.

The only thing that gets a Congresscritter's attention is losing an election.

If he can't be the president, being one heartbeat away might be nearly as good. How does Obama-Kennedy for President sound?

Rich people are voting with their feet: they're grabbing their wallets and running away.

The Vice President will be leaving a slimy, black legacy.

We gripe about bias in the mainstream media because freedom of the press is only meaningful if you happen to own a press, but enough people have presses to keep politicians on their toes.

Principals have be to able to fire teachers, or you can't run an effective school.

Some idealists suggest that election campaigns be paid for by the Treasury -- taxpayers would pay for campaigns intended to elect people we don't like. In fact, we DO have public campaign funding but nobody wants to admit it.

A president is supposed to be emotionally stable, not a weeping willow.

A computer can only do what it's told, or programmed, to do - it can't force people to do anything, unless they allow it to do so.