Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and read more

Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.

Right now, we have this positive confluence of earnings and economic news that has been propelling the market.

Right now, we have this positive confluence of earnings and economic news that has been propelling the market.

I got the impression the terms were coming together for them, but I don't know for sure. I think they read more

I got the impression the terms were coming together for them, but I don't know for sure. I think they are angling for an afternoon news conference. Whether it happens or not remains to be seen.

We had discipline. It was very key for us. I had it with the football program. He had it in read more

We had discipline. It was very key for us. I had it with the football program. He had it in basketball, too. We ran a tight ship.

The cost of health care is going up much faster than people's wages. Families are paying about (on average) $1,000 read more

The cost of health care is going up much faster than people's wages. Families are paying about (on average) $1,000 more now just for health care premiums than they were five years ago.

We should never as a city attempt to put profit over public safety. Public safety must be at the top read more

We should never as a city attempt to put profit over public safety. Public safety must be at the top of the list of those services that should be the last to be cut.

We've got high expectations this year. We like to think we're going to play for a national championship, but if read more

We've got high expectations this year. We like to think we're going to play for a national championship, but if we're going to play for a national championship, we've got to play better than this.

Schools have quickly closed and thousands of people carrying machetes, some with guns, are rushing toward the military barracks. It read more

Schools have quickly closed and thousands of people carrying machetes, some with guns, are rushing toward the military barracks. It could be bloody.

For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities — that's huge progress. We read more

For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities — that's huge progress. We sit now right on the cusp of losing that if we're not careful.