Boys learned how to stand on their feet, give a speech, go to a meeting and took all that very seriously and took that back to Mayberry with them.

We have no desire to be free speech martyrs, but it would have been nakedly hypocritical to avoid the same cartoons we'd criticized others for not running, cartoons that however absurdly have inspired arson, kidnapping and murder and forced cartoonists in at least two continents to go into hiding.

[The true underlying agenda of Justice Sunday II was undisguised in the rousing speech given by Bishop Harry Jackson.] We need to tell both parties, 'It's our way or the highway,' ... You and I can bring the ruling reign of the cross to America.

Boys & Girls Clubs across the nation have had a positive impact on the lives of children for the last 100 years. The changes that have taken place in the clubs, even in the past decade, have been amazing to witness, so to think about what these clubs will look like in the next century is hard to imagine. I'm excited to see what our kids have come up with.

Lately I've been believing that music predates speech.

Most of our senior class has been playing since our sophomore year. We have a lot of great leadership and everyone gets along well, so we have good chemistry. Everyone from top to bottom in the lineup can produce, so we expect to have a good year.