Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us-and read more

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us-and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.

On the left, we've always talked about the need to have an echo chamber. We believe the right has a read more

On the left, we've always talked about the need to have an echo chamber. We believe the right has a whole media network, from talk radio to Fox News to Matt Drudge. The left doesn't have that because the left doesn't play well with others.

I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was read more

I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was safe where we went.

We've got four really good games left and then the playoffs. We're going to have to bring our 'A' game read more

We've got four really good games left and then the playoffs. We're going to have to bring our 'A' game the rest of the way out.

Sausalito is the gateway to Marin, with people arriving by car, by ferry and they hang out in parks where read more

Sausalito is the gateway to Marin, with people arriving by car, by ferry and they hang out in parks where trash cans are ugly, weather-beaten with peeling paint. If we make them look like works of art, people will treat them as such. People would be encouraged to observe them as art that is also utilitarian.

The people who are under the illusion that they're going to take all the best from both programs are living read more

The people who are under the illusion that they're going to take all the best from both programs are living a fantasy. You can't give everybody the best of both worlds in a low-cost environment.

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and read more

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.

It's our first road win in conference, and we knew it was really important. These last two (the Cougars beat read more

It's our first road win in conference, and we knew it was really important. These last two (the Cougars beat TCU 89-80 in overtime Wednesday) were do or die for us as far as staying in the conference race. I'm not sure how, but we'll take it.

We hope that in the next few hours, or thereabouts, we will get more concrete information about these hostages,

We hope that in the next few hours, or thereabouts, we will get more concrete information about these hostages,