Stemming the tide of special interest campaign cash - and restoring fiscal responsibility in Congress - is no easy task. But there is one place where concerned citizens in both parties can begin: Changing the source of money that funds… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
I served three terms in the U.S. Senate and was co-chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform in 2010. So I know a bit about how Washington operates, and I have had plenty of experience doing the… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
Those who travel the high road of humility are not troubled by heavy traffic. — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
If the need for comprehensive campaign finance reform was not already clear, the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United permitting unlimited corporate and union… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
Since 1993, I have had the rich satisfaction of knowing and working with many openly gay and lesbian Americans, and I have come to… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
Across the nation, there are thousands of individuals serving life or life-equivalent sentences for crimes they committed as children. This means they will likely… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
If children who commit crimes are not given the opportunity of a second chance, they may die in prison for acts made before having… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
If you're in the game long enough, you're going to be the toast of the town one day, and the next day you'll be… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
The person you are at 13 or 17 is not the person you are at 30, 40, or 50. Everyone old enough to look… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
Stemming the tide of special interest campaign cash - and restoring fiscal responsibility in Congress - is no easy task. But there is one… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
In World War II, a British mathematician named Alan Turing led the effort to crack the Nazis' communication code. He mastered the complex German… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
America's Founders were committed to a wide-open public forum in which all voices and perspectives could have a chance of being heard. — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
A society like ours, which professes no one religion and has allowed all religions to decay, which indulges freedom to the point of license… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
I am living proof that youth possess a unique capacity to grow and change - that the child who seems hopeless today could go… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
