We think that it will be legitimate and it will be a free and democratic election.

We think that it will be legitimate and it will be a free and democratic election.

It's a natural reaction when you feel people are here outside the law, that they should be stopped or sent read more

It's a natural reaction when you feel people are here outside the law, that they should be stopped or sent back. But people need to understand greater forces are at play than a person deciding to cross a border - that in globalization, for example, labor is moving as much as capital.

My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love read more

My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.

Russia will search for ways of settlement without sanctions and the use of force ... but Iran must show wisdom read more

Russia will search for ways of settlement without sanctions and the use of force ... but Iran must show wisdom and flexibility. If Iran doesn't help, Russia won't be able to do anything.

It's healthy to have a decent lag time between discs, but if there's too much time in between, there might read more

It's healthy to have a decent lag time between discs, but if there's too much time in between, there might be a drop off in interest. What amazes me is that no matter how obscure or generic a TV show might be, there's always someone who'll buy it. As long as the studios recognize this, they can manufacture modest quantities and generate respectable sales.

The aqueducts are off. The water I have in storage is what I've got.

The aqueducts are off. The water I have in storage is what I've got.

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the read more

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.

I thought Pat (Connolly) threw well for us, but you can't win games fielding the way we did. This one read more

I thought Pat (Connolly) threw well for us, but you can't win games fielding the way we did. This one is tough to accept. But the kids never quit. The kids hung in there and we battled back-and-forth, back-and-forth. It was a wild high school baseball game.