While there is still much hard work ahead, we are pleased with the early progress we are making in addressing read more

While there is still much hard work ahead, we are pleased with the early progress we are making in addressing in-stock levels, customer service and store traffic, ... Nearly all of our vendors have resumed shipments to us and in-stock levels in the stores have improved.

A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a read more

A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a child nor an amnesiac, but neither is it a country.

Last year, there was a little more pressure. We're more of an underdog. We want to be special and get read more

Last year, there was a little more pressure. We're more of an underdog. We want to be special and get back to the Final Four.

There is no preordained system of ranking of particular activities. Applications are weighed in total, and we don't privilege any read more

There is no preordained system of ranking of particular activities. Applications are weighed in total, and we don't privilege any one organization.

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation read more

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.

Risk assessment has not proven itself infallible. A lot of this is subjective. We want to ensure that the community read more

Risk assessment has not proven itself infallible. A lot of this is subjective. We want to ensure that the community has as much information as possible.

We didn't hit as well, but then again the weather changed a lot from our 3 p.m. game to our read more

We didn't hit as well, but then again the weather changed a lot from our 3 p.m. game to our 7:30 p.m. game. We still executed well by putting the bunt down and moving runners over. So that's getting better. And our defense played well behind Erica. So hopefully those will carry over.

In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.

In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.

We grew up competing with much larger institutions. They are very good at what they do and we knew that read more

We grew up competing with much larger institutions. They are very good at what they do and we knew that we couldn't beat them at their game.