The immediate reaction was a pretty big move in rates after he suggested that there is a risk overseas troubles read more

The immediate reaction was a pretty big move in rates after he suggested that there is a risk overseas troubles will hit the U.S..

It's not just a bunch of guys climbing along some jungle gym and going through tunnels and shooting their guns read more

It's not just a bunch of guys climbing along some jungle gym and going through tunnels and shooting their guns in the air, ... These are people who are thinking through problems in how to cause destruction, for a well-thought-through political strategy.

With the time compression we have in the world, people are interested ... in fitness facilities for casual use and read more

With the time compression we have in the world, people are interested ... in fitness facilities for casual use and paths in parks.

It's not too exciting, plain vanilla, with good companies, good financial qualities. That gives you a core.

It's not too exciting, plain vanilla, with good companies, good financial qualities. That gives you a core.

They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

It's been a long time since a visit to America stopped being an infallible formula for strengthening the reputation of read more

It's been a long time since a visit to America stopped being an infallible formula for strengthening the reputation of European politicians. In the last decade, however, that contact with the American ally can result in at least as many headaches as it does advantages.

I'm just happy that they're here with me and we get to play one more last game on the same read more

I'm just happy that they're here with me and we get to play one more last game on the same side of the ball before we part.

I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, read more

I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, earning both a lifesaving award and the Secretary of State's Medal of Honor during that time. We like to think that Macoupin County is safe from the problems of the big city, but unfortunately, violent crimes and methamphetamine production are on the rise in rural areas. My experience working in St. Clair and Madison counties will better able me to confront methamphetamine production and violent crime head-on while still understanding the rural needs of Macoupin County.

We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and read more

We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly describe.