However, we address these (incursions) as the serious criminal acts that they are, and these cases are actively pursued.

However, we address these (incursions) as the serious criminal acts that they are, and these cases are actively pursued.

They have a lot riding on 'American Idol' and, hopefully for Fox, the show has long coattails.

They have a lot riding on 'American Idol' and, hopefully for Fox, the show has long coattails.

I prodded her to do it,

I prodded her to do it,

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he read more

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. - On Doing What One Likes.

And the veil, spun from the cobweb fashion of the times, to hid the feeling heart.

And the veil, spun from the cobweb fashion of the times, to hid the feeling heart.

Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are read more

Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!

When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that read more

When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.

It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere, so read more

It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere, so why not give the young guys a shot?

I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am read more

I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.