I like to make a point of reading legislative resolutions, largely because they’re one of the few political documents that reveal what a party finds important behind closed doors when it isn’t trying to persuade anyone. Campaigns promise everything to everyone, but resolutions are different because they answer a much more interesting question of what the parties think deserves our attention.
“It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” …
“Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone. They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.” — Joni Mitchell
“If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis.” — Gladys O’Connor, Billy Madison
“It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.” – Noel Coward
“Calling somebody else fat won’t make you any skinnier. Calling someone stupid doesn’t make you any smarter. And ruining Regina George’s life …
This past weekend, I helped host our annual Lincoln Day Dinner fundraiser. There were politicians and candidates from the lowest office to a s…
“Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most.” — Ozzy Osbourne
“You may delay, but time will not.” — Benjamin Franklin
“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” – Benjamin Franklin
