I remember standing on a medal podium at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, imbued with a sense that if you won enough basketball games, there was no such thing as poor, backward, country, female, or inferior.
It's because we need to determine who in this country is poised, positioned to commit terrorist acts.
Our focus is on electing Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine and Democrats across the country, thanks to Democratic Party that is strong, unified, and poised for victory in November.
There's a lot going on in country music, with indie-label hipsters and underground bloggers arguing their interpretations of what country is, and pop-country stars defending themselves. That deserves to be poked fun at.
As polarized as we have been, we Americans are locked in a cultural war for the soul of our country.
As recent as the year 2000 we won elections by saying we shouldn't be the policemen of the world, and that we should not be nation building. And its time we got those values back into this country.
We need to take the country in the right direction, whether it is around administrative policy decisions or legislative changes or ensuring the macroeconomic stability.
I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.
I want to serve my country, but not necessarily in the political arena.
America does not need another political campaign based on denial and avoidance of some of our real problems. It needs a crusade to reform and renew our country, its institutions and political system.
I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem, not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country.
I cannot in any case permit myself to be brought before the people, exclusively, by any of the political parties that now so unfortunately divide our country, as their candidate for office.
That's whatever news topic, whatever political process any country is going through - whenever they are in the news, that's when they exist. If you don't see them they don't exist.
America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process.
I have a very balanced posture about the political situation in my country.
In country music, one of the ways we may have gone wrong in the past is trying to be politically correct all the time.
We are very, very far from recognising polygamy in our country, thank God.
