Our objective now is to sustain, over the cycle, this level of pretax return on equity and double-digit earnings per read more

Our objective now is to sustain, over the cycle, this level of pretax return on equity and double-digit earnings per share growth.

I'm very happy today and back in the right spot. The season has been baby steps. All season my coach read more

I'm very happy today and back in the right spot. The season has been baby steps. All season my coach has said, 'Take something away from each race and put it in your toolbox.' By the Olympic race, the toolbox should be overflowing and it is getting there right now.

This is not a trivial matter. From my perspective, this case demonstrates a blatant disregard for the privilege of owning read more

This is not a trivial matter. From my perspective, this case demonstrates a blatant disregard for the privilege of owning a liquor license and for city ordinances designed to regulate the sale of alcohol.

We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better read more

We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better quality trials and a significant reduction in the number of people sentenced to death. Whatever their impact, they must not be seen as a substitute for more wide-ranging reforms aimed at the complete abolition of the death penalty in China.

I'm happy for the girls. A state championship is something you can take with you the rest of your life. read more

I'm happy for the girls. A state championship is something you can take with you the rest of your life. They've worked very hard for this, and I'm very happy for them.

That means I've got to go in there and win. Flat out. Not being cocky or anything, we've got to read more

That means I've got to go in there and win. Flat out. Not being cocky or anything, we've got to go in there and take care of business.

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

This is a slow but perceptible fraying of our employment-based system, ... what I call the drip, drip, drip (of read more

This is a slow but perceptible fraying of our employment-based system, ... what I call the drip, drip, drip (of health coverage).

The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.

The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.