Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers’ unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.
Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars?
Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.
We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.
I don’t wake up each morning saying, ‘Oh, wow, it’s me. I think I’m the cat’s meow. I’m the best.’
I’ve been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.
Life teaches you that you need to make decisions in the right time – not too early, not too late.
Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.
There’s a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.
Right now people seem to be very tentative about the positive benefits of capitalism.
Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned.
My guess is my brother would call his mom and his dad pretty regularly, a lot more than I probably did.
There should be a path to earned legal status for those that are here. Not – not amnesty – earned legal status, which means you pay a fine and do many things over an extended period of time.
It’s a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations.
I think my dad’s post-presidency, he didn’t miss a beat. He didn’t get into any kind of ‘Woe is me.’ He dusted himself off and led an incredible life since 1993.
I think it was hard at first for my dad to transition to being immobile.