There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

Have you noticed that life, real honest to goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively read more

Have you noticed that life, real honest to goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers?

They turned a coal mine into a gold mine. People come from all over the world to see this mine read more

They turned a coal mine into a gold mine. People come from all over the world to see this mine — from Sweden and England and all kinds of places.

I think the team has potential. Our pitching looks pretty good and defense looks pretty good, which is the way read more

I think the team has potential. Our pitching looks pretty good and defense looks pretty good, which is the way we usually win games.

She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens

She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens

While the operating results are disappointing, we made significant progress toward executing our strategic plans during the quarter,

While the operating results are disappointing, we made significant progress toward executing our strategic plans during the quarter,

Hockey is our national theater, our water cooler talk.

Hockey is our national theater, our water cooler talk.

If the cell were a forest, we can now pull out individual trees to study them. We are using virtual read more

If the cell were a forest, we can now pull out individual trees to study them. We are using virtual reality approaches as they are being developed for the computer gaming industry. Nonetheless, what we eventually want to do is to be able to walk into the forest and explore it in that way.

Now they'll say that the public chamber is the expression of civil society -- and all the rest of us read more

Now they'll say that the public chamber is the expression of civil society -- and all the rest of us are marginal. Gradually people will forget that we exist. And to make that happen more quickly, that completely senseless bill has been passed.