Ernest Istook

Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America.

Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights government should never be permitted to take those away.

There are many alternatives to embryonic stem cell research, alternatives with great potential. We need to support these and oppose creating life for the sole purpose of destroying it.

We cannot sacrifice innocent human life now for vague and exaggerated promises of medical treatments thirty of forty years from now. There are ways to pursue this technology and respect life at the same time.

Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.

The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion.

Home schooled children frequently combine for many purposes - and they interact well. The growth of the home schooling movement means that more and more children are learning together, just not in a traditional classroom.

There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season.