Everybody agrees that we have to fix these levees. But declaring a state of emergency an hour before a political read more

Everybody agrees that we have to fix these levees. But declaring a state of emergency an hour before a political convention smacks much more of politics than it does of leadership. The governor has had many opportunities to fund and fix these levees before, and he hasn't done it.

Americans should not impose a solution, but this administration will finally have to make it clear what its vision for read more

Americans should not impose a solution, but this administration will finally have to make it clear what its vision for a two-state solution is. Just saying 'a two-state solution' is too ambiguous. The vision has to spell out the details on final status issues such as Palestinian refugees, borders and Jerusalem.

We're still working on a number that would give us a high degree of confidence in our sample, but a read more

We're still working on a number that would give us a high degree of confidence in our sample, but a minimum would probably be 1,000 samples across the state.

We were about six inches from being up 14-7 on a fade route. We were one camera angle away from read more

We were about six inches from being up 14-7 on a fade route. We were one camera angle away from having the ball on the half-yard line. We could have easily scored 28-21 points in that game.

We do whatever needs to be done.

We do whatever needs to be done.

I think it just shows the strength and popularity of the Derby at this point. A few weeks ago our read more

I think it just shows the strength and popularity of the Derby at this point. A few weeks ago our list of horses we thought were possible or probable seemed to be shrinking a bit. But when we got the last round of major preps, the list started growing again -- even though two horses (Brother Derek and Lawyer Ron) you'd regard as the favorites scored emphatic victories.

I was concerned and when I asked Ashton if she was OK, she smiled. I knew then that she would read more

I was concerned and when I asked Ashton if she was OK, she smiled. I knew then that she would be OK.

New York has all that intense hatred and pain-just torture-where everything is 10 times as hard as it needs to read more

New York has all that intense hatred and pain-just torture-where everything is 10 times as hard as it needs to be, and everything is terribly important.

The dogs learn more than 40 commands.

The dogs learn more than 40 commands.