The major components of inflation for us are energy costs and housing costs and medical costs, and I don't see read more

The major components of inflation for us are energy costs and housing costs and medical costs, and I don't see any major break in any of these. I wouldn't be surprised to see still 3.5 percent to 4 percent CPI for us for this year.

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.

Good grammar develops over time, so relax and put down the red pen. Kids need to make mistakes in writing read more

Good grammar develops over time, so relax and put down the red pen. Kids need to make mistakes in writing to move toward correctness. They freeze up if they think you'll pounce on every error. You want your daughters to keep writing, since this is the best way for them to develop strong usage skills.

Charlie played a great game. It was his opportunity and he hasn't let us down. He had lost three times read more

Charlie played a great game. It was his opportunity and he hasn't let us down. He had lost three times to Roddick, and this was his day to beat him.

This is murder. It was far too expensive to fly.

This is murder. It was far too expensive to fly.

Continuation of this stance and observing (these issues) as a red line is the only way for success.

Continuation of this stance and observing (these issues) as a red line is the only way for success.

We just want to write songs. I think if you start taking into consideration those kind of outside perspectives, like read more

We just want to write songs. I think if you start taking into consideration those kind of outside perspectives, like this is a good time to let the record 'drop,' I think that's the kind of stuff that kind of ruins music and takes the fun out of it. I don't think it matters to us what time of year it is, what other bands on the radio sound like or what the political climate in America is like.

A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as read more

A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation read more

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.