The economy is not in a recession. This economy had enormous spending imbalances that it had to work out.

The economy is not in a recession. This economy had enormous spending imbalances that it had to work out.

Not only is the expanded VAT in place, the government has already raised the VAT rate to 12 percent. There read more

Not only is the expanded VAT in place, the government has already raised the VAT rate to 12 percent. There is obviously lesser political noise now than before, so what else does Moody's want before it changes its outlook?

Like I said earlier, the movie is metaphorical for the world. Today we're seeing so many instances of monumental duplicity, read more

Like I said earlier, the movie is metaphorical for the world. Today we're seeing so many instances of monumental duplicity, ... I think that's the task, in a way, to show what an architect of duplicity this character is, in his simplicity, forthrightness and morality. It's a strange and wonderful study of how far a horrible lie can be taken in terms of a character.

Scot is a tremendous player. I look forward to him anchoring our defense on what I hope will be a read more

Scot is a tremendous player. I look forward to him anchoring our defense on what I hope will be a very strong team in 2006.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

I didn't even know Michele before we started the show but we became great friends, and still are.

I didn't even know Michele before we started the show but we became great friends, and still are.

We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. read more

We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect.

This meeting greatly strengthened my conviction that cooperation between both countries may have another strong boost. We identified a desire read more

This meeting greatly strengthened my conviction that cooperation between both countries may have another strong boost. We identified a desire for cooperation in all levels of government, not only of the Executive, but also of the Legislative.

Whether you're working at McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, there's really no sex appeal to that kind of job.

Whether you're working at McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, there's really no sex appeal to that kind of job.