I made a gym, it's the best gym in Nicaragua, I have kids that this year July 6th through the read more

I made a gym, it's the best gym in Nicaragua, I have kids that this year July 6th through the 11th will be fighting and then will go on to the Central American Games and I'm sure at least one will win a gold medal.

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.

I think we were very nervous to start the game. I think (it helped) having a pitcher like Pat just read more

I think we were very nervous to start the game. I think (it helped) having a pitcher like Pat just taking control from the start, and then we started getting comfortable and playing well.

They have this fantastic nugget of historical material from the Gilded Age. It's a wonderful, small overview of American painting read more

They have this fantastic nugget of historical material from the Gilded Age. It's a wonderful, small overview of American painting from about 1870 to 1915.

One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving read more

One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress the sources of information, not only by burning books but by controlling all the other ways in which ideas are transmitted.

Storytelling, writing, and song writing are so connected.

Storytelling, writing, and song writing are so connected.

When Tim and I moved back to Illinois in 2003, my little brother started playing on bass. It was nice read more

When Tim and I moved back to Illinois in 2003, my little brother started playing on bass. It was nice when my brother joined the band. It seemed like things really clicked and came together with him on bass.

The issue is, can you make a law to restrict free speech? The First Amendment says that 'Congress shall make read more

The issue is, can you make a law to restrict free speech? The First Amendment says that 'Congress shall make no law (abridging the freedom of speech).' No law, period.

I'm interested not only in that it's beautiful and that it's Gorham, but also what it tells us about society.

I'm interested not only in that it's beautiful and that it's Gorham, but also what it tells us about society.