I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

Short series, and we didn't play like we're capable of playing. We didn't show up (Saturday). Today, you saw the read more

Short series, and we didn't play like we're capable of playing. We didn't show up (Saturday). Today, you saw the real East Providence team. A couple bounces here or there, and things could have been different.

[One such item was an early 1900s royal scepter of England's King Edward VII. The lot opened with a minimum read more

[One such item was an early 1900s royal scepter of England's King Edward VII. The lot opened with a minimum of $1,000. Thirty-five bids later, it sold for $40,100.] Any time an item sells for 40 times its opening bid, you've got to give it the credit it deserves, ... This auction has gone a long way to establishing the standards for many collectibles that to this point did not have benchmarks.

Many other schools have strong programs, too, but Rick Pillsbury's Casa Grande teams are exceptional. You can tell by the read more

Many other schools have strong programs, too, but Rick Pillsbury's Casa Grande teams are exceptional. You can tell by the way his students present themselves: They all dress properly, act appropriately and have resumes and other materials neatly typed.

Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.

Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.

The key is to have a professionalism, to do drills that these guys didn't get when they were kids. Simple read more

The key is to have a professionalism, to do drills that these guys didn't get when they were kids. Simple things, like how to hold a stick properly and defensive coverage.

When you get rid of the volatility factor the stock option expense creates, the earnings growth was actually very good.

When you get rid of the volatility factor the stock option expense creates, the earnings growth was actually very good.

It's absolutely outrageous. It's not going to help people lose weight. It's junk science.

It's absolutely outrageous. It's not going to help people lose weight. It's junk science.

I think there are perhaps four playwrights of the 20th century that we could not have done without: Chekhov, Pirandello, read more

I think there are perhaps four playwrights of the 20th century that we could not have done without: Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht and Beckett. If you've got those four, you've got the century covered.