I played well, but I still have a lot of guys to compete against. All three of our quarterbacks bring read more

I played well, but I still have a lot of guys to compete against. All three of our quarterbacks bring different aspects to the game. They're doing a great job of getting the ball to their receivers.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout read more

The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout Europe: the devil's hoof, the devil's horn mark. It reaches back to early Christianity and the middle ages. Where a child was born out of wedlock, the church cooked up the impression that you'd done something sinful, and something dreadful would result. You will still find, particularly in Greece, people doing a little sign when they see a very badly disabled child – it needs warding off.

The whole game is about throwing and catching. The teams that do that the best comes out on top.

The whole game is about throwing and catching. The teams that do that the best comes out on top.

They're just as good as we are. They look like West Point, just not as many of us.

They're just as good as we are. They look like West Point, just not as many of us.

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying read more

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Hopefully, in a year, when we come back to Iowa City, it'll be tough to get in the door because read more

Hopefully, in a year, when we come back to Iowa City, it'll be tough to get in the door because people want to come out and hear us. The goal is to keep building, and that takes time.

Is it just me or do we seem to ignore the intelligent people in politics and focus on the radical read more

Is it just me or do we seem to ignore the intelligent people in politics and focus on the radical idiots?

Today, our greatest public policy concerns know no borders, ... A global network of public policy schools offers the best read more

Today, our greatest public policy concerns know no borders, ... A global network of public policy schools offers the best opportunity for the academic community to work collectively on multiple intertwined challenges -- from sustainable development to trade to terrorism to public health crises to the protection of human rights worldwide -- and to prepare some of the world's most able graduate students to assume global leadership roles in the coming decades.