There's A Big Conservative Press Unabashedly And

The Reagan-bush Years Have Exalted Private Gain Over Public Obligation, Special Interests Over The Common Good, Wealth And Fame Over Work And Family. The 1980s Ushered In A Gilded Age Of Greed And Selfishness, Of Irresponsibility And Excess, And Of Neglect.

Everybody Has A Gas-guzzling Car Because People Like Suvs. They Would Like Suvs If They Were Hybrid Vehicles That Had The Same Horsepower And Used Less Gasoline. Instead, What The Auto Manufacturers Are Doing Is Building Suvs That Are Hybrid Vehicles That Use The Same Amount Of Gasoline Because They Up The Horsepower. That's A Decision That They Make To Market Irresponsible Economic Behavior. The American People Like The Suvs, They Have Kids, They, They Need Them, They Get Around In Them, But We Have Options.

If You Look Back At The 1960's In The United States, And If You Think That More Good Was Done Than Harm, You Are Probably A Democrat. If You Think That More Harm Was Done Than Good, Then You're Probably A Republican.

From The Small Clubs Of The Harlem Renaissance Where He Began Playing Saxophone To World Tours For The Biggest Of The Big Bands, Benny Carter Redefined American Jazz. From The Start, His Fellow Musicians Said The Way He Played The Sax Was Amazing. They Say That About Me, Too. (laughter.) But I Don't Think They Mean It In Quite The Same Way.

I Love The Book Signings, You Know, Because I Get To Talk To Real People, And A Staggering Number Of People Have Said Something Very Specific To Me. "the Family Leave Law Saved My Family," Or "made Our Lives Better," Or, "the Education Aid That You Provided Made It Possible For Me To Go To College." One Man At 50 Years Of Age Got His College Degree.