All they had to do was look at what he did and look at what he achieved.

All they had to do was look at what he did and look at what he achieved.

The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going read more

The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the North Pole, finding the story seemed less like a creative effort than an act of recollection. I felt, like the story's narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up.

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

It's not a community, it's not a neighborhood, it's not everything a neighborhood should be.

It's not a community, it's not a neighborhood, it's not everything a neighborhood should be.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. - The Oracle.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. - The Oracle.

Independent monitors should be given immediate access to any detainees to make sure they are not being mistreated.

Independent monitors should be given immediate access to any detainees to make sure they are not being mistreated.

We competed better in the second half,

We competed better in the second half,

As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new read more

As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new human order, this when thousands of Filipinos were political prisoners.

Cultures are rubbing against each other more than ever before in history. We need to be sensitive to ... respect, read more

Cultures are rubbing against each other more than ever before in history. We need to be sensitive to ... respect, honor, dignity, and how they are viewed in different societies.