Kent Conrad: “Yes, it has. In fact, it costs approximately 40 percent less to train helicopter pilots at UND than at the Army's usual…”

all the talk in the world doesn't matter if you don't actually get something done in the real world.

We all know that Social Security is going to have to be dealt with, or we are going to face by 2034 at the latest--many of us believe it will be earlier than that---an across-the-board 23-percent cut.

Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.

I have seen retired schoolteachers have to go back to work in their 70's after their husbands have died or their wives have died.