Last year (Carpenter) learned to pitch with no pain. Now he's coming out this year and throwing at his best. read more

Last year (Carpenter) learned to pitch with no pain. Now he's coming out this year and throwing at his best. He's just stronger. You take that whole group of guys and the seasons they all had last year, and they just took all that confidence into this year. Add Mark Mulder to that mix and there are five guys who can win every night.

We don't want to judge mothers and we don't want to know the reasons for them abandoning the babies. We read more

We don't want to judge mothers and we don't want to know the reasons for them abandoning the babies. We would rather have this than have a baby being abandoned in a rubbish dump.

There is no preordained system of ranking of particular activities. Applications are weighed in total, and we don't privilege any read more

There is no preordained system of ranking of particular activities. Applications are weighed in total, and we don't privilege any one organization.

This gives us a range of things we could do. Some of that is pretty big dollar amounts. The next read more

This gives us a range of things we could do. Some of that is pretty big dollar amounts. The next step will be ... how do we choose among those options and how do we pay for it?

My doctors offered us a free round of in vitro (fertilization), ... So after all this is over, if it read more

My doctors offered us a free round of in vitro (fertilization), ... So after all this is over, if it doesn't work out, we have the money. We can adopt.

There is nothing politer than this. It's literally a camera looking at people -- a radio that sees things -- read more

There is nothing politer than this. It's literally a camera looking at people -- a radio that sees things -- but it's completely private. You see a white ghost. There is nothing that gives any indication of race or sex, so there is no racial profiling.

It's been an awesome experience,

It's been an awesome experience,

I wouldn't be surprised, once the benchmark number comes in, that we're going to be much closer to 2 percent read more

I wouldn't be surprised, once the benchmark number comes in, that we're going to be much closer to 2 percent than the current growth of 1.3 percent.

I write everything on a xylophone!

I write everything on a xylophone!