Our mayor, who was very busy last year learning how to be a mayor, this year actually took a wonderful read more

Our mayor, who was very busy last year learning how to be a mayor, this year actually took a wonderful leadership role, got into the budget with both feet.

The only thing that bothered him a little bit is when they had him skip, just to put all the read more

The only thing that bothered him a little bit is when they had him skip, just to put all the weight on it. That didn't go as well as he was hoping, but everything else was right up to par. ... As he said, 'When am I ever going to skip on the baseball field?'

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree

I really have never bought into that San Francisco game, and maybe players might have a different view, ... My read more

I really have never bought into that San Francisco game, and maybe players might have a different view, ... My feeling coming out of that game, as heartbreaking as it was, was that I thought we were pretty good.

The situation is quite desperate. It's the hardest drought that has ever faced this country.

The situation is quite desperate. It's the hardest drought that has ever faced this country.

I prodded her to do it,

I prodded her to do it,

I agree with that. I think you will see us recasting some of our thinking to look at longer term read more

I agree with that. I think you will see us recasting some of our thinking to look at longer term things.

I doubt the garrulous archive bequeathed us by the tape recorder will prove as memorable as Henry James's thank-you notes.

I doubt the garrulous archive bequeathed us by the tape recorder will prove as memorable as Henry James's thank-you notes.

If Iran's case is sent to the Security Council, we will respond by many ways, for example by holding back read more

If Iran's case is sent to the Security Council, we will respond by many ways, for example by holding back on oil sales,