Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.

Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.

People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves read more

People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.

Like all of us, as you grow old you need more maintenance and more fixing.

Like all of us, as you grow old you need more maintenance and more fixing.

It's an excellent problem. It speaks to the success of the arts district.

It's an excellent problem. It speaks to the success of the arts district.

The government cannot but judge extremely severely such criticisms, which are even more unacceptable coming from someone who holds an read more

The government cannot but judge extremely severely such criticisms, which are even more unacceptable coming from someone who holds an official position in another European Union country,

Gay is not one of those writers who vomits on a page, then goes back and rewrites. He never moves read more

Gay is not one of those writers who vomits on a page, then goes back and rewrites. He never moves on to a next sentence until he's perfectly happy with one he's written before. So he'll struggle with the opening paragraph of a chapter for weeks. This is laborious, not to mention painful.

We will not actively pursue a US acquisition, and that is a significant change from where we were before.

We will not actively pursue a US acquisition, and that is a significant change from where we were before.

We had Jose McDermott at running back the other day, and he did all right. Drew was a star in read more

We had Jose McDermott at running back the other day, and he did all right. Drew was a star in youth football, but he's a bit undersized for high school football. He has the potential of becoming a real good lineman. He just needs to continue to work on his strength.

Getting European Commission approval is a key step ... but the fact that there has been such a disconnect between read more

Getting European Commission approval is a key step ... but the fact that there has been such a disconnect between the takeout price of $76 (per Guidant share) and the current share price tells you there's more uncertainty and nervousness out there than normal.