It is inevitable that those to whom is vouchsafed a long life of usefulness should outlive the friends of their read more

It is inevitable that those to whom is vouchsafed a long life of usefulness should outlive the friends of their youth.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

I tease her all the time because she'll need to take an afternoon off here and there to sing at read more

I tease her all the time because she'll need to take an afternoon off here and there to sing at someone's funeral. I told her when I die, she better sing at mine. She's really good - she'll move you to tears.

We were expecting to end up there anyway because the other side would have appealed.

We were expecting to end up there anyway because the other side would have appealed.

But I think the public need to know what this is entailing,

But I think the public need to know what this is entailing,

Now they'll say that the public chamber is the expression of civil society -- and all the rest of us read more

Now they'll say that the public chamber is the expression of civil society -- and all the rest of us are marginal. Gradually people will forget that we exist. And to make that happen more quickly, that completely senseless bill has been passed.

Beyond the next six months is when I think it will be hairy. That's when we start instituting group policy. read more

Beyond the next six months is when I think it will be hairy. That's when we start instituting group policy. For instance, some school districts may not have the bandwidth to handle group policy.

The conditions at Oakley and Columbia are unconscionable, ... This is no way to set juvenile offenders on the course read more

The conditions at Oakley and Columbia are unconscionable, ... This is no way to set juvenile offenders on the course to law-abiding and productive lives.

I prefer the word "homemaker" because "housewife" always implies that there may be a wife someplace else

I prefer the word "homemaker" because "housewife" always implies that there may be a wife someplace else