What has become clear from the huge crowds on the street for the queen ... is that they do appreciate read more

What has become clear from the huge crowds on the street for the queen ... is that they do appreciate the sense of continuity, of steadiness that the queen gives by having been in that role for a very long time.

I think [the digital services] will be pushing the majors to get it done in the next few years,

I think [the digital services] will be pushing the majors to get it done in the next few years,

It's a 12-step program. The first step is to admit you have a problem. They still have 11 steps to read more

It's a 12-step program. The first step is to admit you have a problem. They still have 11 steps to go.

This is the end of a generation that remade and saved baseball in Seattle. He's the last connection to that read more

This is the end of a generation that remade and saved baseball in Seattle. He's the last connection to that miracle 1995 team.

I always find that democracy is very unpredictable. What is clear is that members vote very much not on trends read more

I always find that democracy is very unpredictable. What is clear is that members vote very much not on trends but on whatever they feel is worthy, without any external influence.

In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been ''tattooed'' with an energy to put our own rude read more

In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been ''tattooed'' with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame -- not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements . Even the most chronically dispossessed appear prepared to endorse the legitimacy of the ''haves.''

That's what I've been trying to stress the whole time. It's a safety issue. It's only a matter of time read more

That's what I've been trying to stress the whole time. It's a safety issue. It's only a matter of time before someone gets killed or is seriously injured on that road.

Even if he is going to be confirmed, there are strategic reasons to make the 'no' vote as high as read more

Even if he is going to be confirmed, there are strategic reasons to make the 'no' vote as high as possible.

It would be a good move to endorse the first African-American presiding officer and an Italian-Irish soccer mom from Great read more

It would be a good move to endorse the first African-American presiding officer and an Italian-Irish soccer mom from Great Neck. We're poster children for the New York State Democratic primary voters.