Pressure and stress is the common cold of the psyche.

Pressure and stress is the common cold of the psyche.

Overwhelmingly, they're male, and overwhelmingly, they're white. But they cross the societal spectrum.

Overwhelmingly, they're male, and overwhelmingly, they're white. But they cross the societal spectrum.

We would want to look at the land carefully.

We would want to look at the land carefully.

Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as read more

Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg read more

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg.

We're essentially at the same location as the old Isthmus Playhouse. But that is where the similarity starts and ends.

We're essentially at the same location as the old Isthmus Playhouse. But that is where the similarity starts and ends.

Given Japan's shaky political and financial situation, the market will continue to produce such knee-jerk reactions to stock movements in read more

Given Japan's shaky political and financial situation, the market will continue to produce such knee-jerk reactions to stock movements in the U.S..

Taft's encouragement of McKenna's resignation illustrates how effective procedural pressure exerted by a chief justice can be. With the concurrence read more

Taft's encouragement of McKenna's resignation illustrates how effective procedural pressure exerted by a chief justice can be. With the concurrence of his colleagues, Taft was able to steer important opinions away from McKenna until he was able to persuade him to leave.

There was a depth of ... confusion that we weren't expecting. I think people take their freedoms for granted. Bottom read more

There was a depth of ... confusion that we weren't expecting. I think people take their freedoms for granted. Bottom line.