Their kitchen is their shrine, the cook their priest, the table their altar, and their belly their god.

Their kitchen is their shrine, the cook their priest, the table their altar, and their belly their god.

I had a late supper one evening with Frank and Treat Williams... Treat took us for a trip in his read more

I had a late supper one evening with Frank and Treat Williams... Treat took us for a trip in his plane around the Manhattan skyline, an incredible, somehow touching sight. I wonder why?... We passed so close to the World Trade Center buildings that we could see the diners innocently enjoying themselves in the restaurant. In the late-20th century, it's impossible not to see the whole great heart of the city as vulnerable, exposed to attack.

Come Tuesday morning, everybody's going to be here working. As soon as the insurance company gives us the OK, we're read more

Come Tuesday morning, everybody's going to be here working. As soon as the insurance company gives us the OK, we're going to go ahead and rebuild. We should have a slight transition for our customers and our help.

Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for read more

Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for disturbing cooperation and reducing other to a condition of slavery.

We are not and should not be a target of terrorists but we are alert for any possibilities, ... We read more

We are not and should not be a target of terrorists but we are alert for any possibilities, ... We have not done anything to make people hate us.

It's very unfair, in my opinion. It's also something we can't control.

It's very unfair, in my opinion. It's also something we can't control.

I'm going to play man-to-man, I think. If we play zone, she'll have 50 (points).

I'm going to play man-to-man, I think. If we play zone, she'll have 50 (points).

We will be in the national light as a historic property in need of preservation.

We will be in the national light as a historic property in need of preservation.

Open-mindedness should not be fostered because, as Scripture teaches, Truth is great and will prevail, nor because, as Milton suggests, read more

Open-mindedness should not be fostered because, as Scripture teaches, Truth is great and will prevail, nor because, as Milton suggests, Truth will always win in a free and open encounter. It should be fostered for its own sake.