It's been a long time since a visit to America stopped being an infallible formula for strengthening the reputation of read more

It's been a long time since a visit to America stopped being an infallible formula for strengthening the reputation of European politicians. In the last decade, however, that contact with the American ally can result in at least as many headaches as it does advantages.

While this amount may seem large, it pales in comparison to the estimated $100 billion spent each year on bottled read more

While this amount may seem large, it pales in comparison to the estimated $100 billion spent each year on bottled water.

I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that read more

I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that will probably take place in January -- but it is our belief that those troops will be Iraqi troops and there may be additional international troops that arrive to help out, as well as part of the U.N. mission. So I don't see need for more American troops, but we can't discount it.

Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and read more

Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and some black people love white people. So you see it's not an issue of black and white, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters.

Up here in the north country (areas with high levels of snow), we'd like to see 10 percent more deer, read more

Up here in the north country (areas with high levels of snow), we'd like to see 10 percent more deer, in the middle snow fall zone we could have up to 50 percent more deer, and in southern areas where we have a lot of agriculture in the landscape, perhaps around 15 percent fewer deer.

Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.

Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.

My life goal was for me to reach out to the needy,

My life goal was for me to reach out to the needy,

It's not violent. It doesn't show the act of putting people onto the trains. But we know what happened when read more

It's not violent. It doesn't show the act of putting people onto the trains. But we know what happened when people boarded those trains. It's another way of telling the story.

It is a moderately fast-moving storm and will be out of here pretty much by Saturday, although there might be read more

It is a moderately fast-moving storm and will be out of here pretty much by Saturday, although there might be some lingering storms.