It is time for President Bush to deal with the fiscal crisis facing America, but cutting education is the wrong way to fix it.

This is a moment of crisis, not just in the Gulf Coast, but in America's self-confidence in the way government responds to attacks.

Oh, great for the state. Great for America, but this would have been a terrible blow to our state economically.

The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children.

This is an exciting time. I believe we stand at the edge of a new age - a Golden Age - of freedom that will rival any of the great eras of world history because it will be the entire world itself that is changing.

in this time of national tragedy.