[In Overdosed America, Dr. Abramson cites CDC data indicating that over the course of the past 100 years, life expectancy read more

[In Overdosed America, Dr. Abramson cites CDC data indicating that over the course of the past 100 years, life expectancy has increased by a remarkable 30 years. Yet according to the CDC report quoted by Abramson,] 25 years of this gain are attributable to advances in public health. ... These include improvements such as sanitation, clean food and water, decent housing, good nutrition, higher standards of living, and widespread vaccinations.

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be read more

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.

They said if you need to get your people out, you have to do it yourself.

They said if you need to get your people out, you have to do it yourself.

The hard part about being a head coach, especially when you have a program that's new, is getting the kids read more

The hard part about being a head coach, especially when you have a program that's new, is getting the kids to buy into the fact that you have a team. I've had 35 bodies so far show up to my camp, but that's not every day. I might have 15 one day, 18 the next day, then 22.

My personal feeling is we’re not going to see the price of oil and the price at the pump go read more

My personal feeling is we’re not going to see the price of oil and the price at the pump go down for a long time, ... I just don’t think it’s sound public policy in the times we live in now. I’d rather have a bank account so if something hits us and hits us hard, we have got a fund.

You can forgive yourself a great deal.

You can forgive yourself a great deal.

The fumes spread from the construction area into the records office. Several employees reported smelling noxious fumes. Several became lightheaded. read more

The fumes spread from the construction area into the records office. Several employees reported smelling noxious fumes. Several became lightheaded. A few became nauseated.

I was in the same boat as everyone else. Just waiting and hoping that it was going to get done read more

I was in the same boat as everyone else. Just waiting and hoping that it was going to get done sooner than later,

It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So read more

It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So much so that I thought that the people responsible in London were acting in a manner that no longer coincided with British imperial interests.