Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source and so on.

I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.

Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.

This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It's an upper. We have enough downers in the world.

It's easy to underestimate the real cost of home ownership.

It is important for women to have a choice to have an opportunity to plan their families because if they don't the Republicans have said this is an ownership society. You are on your own and they're going to begrudge that child everything from WIC to a Pell Grant to health insurance.

By offering individuals ownership and control of their health care coverage we return control to the patients and that is exactly where it should be.

Does the owner of the restaurant own his restaurant? Or does the government own his restaurant?

I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.

The good old days when each idea had an owner are gone forever.