My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them 'Hey I'm rich'.

The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.

People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical behaviour for both includes draining bank accounts neglecting children destroying relations with family and losing interest in anything except the drug or cult.

I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing I fear for their safety.

My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American.

Like family we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.

And when I was young my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.

I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start but where you're going. That's family values.

But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!

For the Nugent family fast food is a running herbivore.