The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world.

Let’s leave behind the predictable and stale debate between liberals and conservatives. Let’s take the resources that we have, and prioritize, and manage, and focus our energy on just doing things that count – on real results.

Our state’s strategy on methamphetamine, and any other issue, is going to be a moving target.

If the Southeast represents the new battlefield in the war on meth, then Tennessee clearly is at ground zero.

When John Kerry and Zell Miller and George Bush can agree on an issue, you know it’s got legs.

The genius of America is that we are still a land of undiscovered shores, and we are at our best when we open our hearts and allow the night winds to bring renewed visions of great deeds.

The consequences of decisions don’t just affect spreadsheets… They affect, in fundamental ways, the lives of people and they often mean the difference between life and death.

The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world.

Continuing economic growth requires both recruitment of new companies and expansion of existing businesses.