Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction

Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that read more

Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with

The market was really thin throughout the afternoon, with a continuation of profit-taking from yesterday, but then U.S. markets came read more

The market was really thin throughout the afternoon, with a continuation of profit-taking from yesterday, but then U.S. markets came back and capital flowed in.

This county is in dire need of affordable housing. We have to use every single tool we have to put read more

This county is in dire need of affordable housing. We have to use every single tool we have to put affordable housing anywhere it can be.

I don't know that I'd really want to do this full time, ... I enjoy my family and cutting the read more

I don't know that I'd really want to do this full time, ... I enjoy my family and cutting the grass at home. There's more in life than golf. I enjoy the game but I don't know if I could do it every day. If I go practice, I practice for an hour. The guys out here practice for six hours. I couldn't do that. I've never had the length, I'm not that strong of a guy. I hit it 250, 260, I hit it very straight and I'm not a bad putter. You have to do this all the time to get the nerves. I don't know if I have the nerves for the next three days.

I don't understand why people like me! It doesn't make any sense!

I don't understand why people like me! It doesn't make any sense!

We had to take a really hard look at transit -- something that's not mandated, but optional.

We had to take a really hard look at transit -- something that's not mandated, but optional.

It's not the right thing to do. It's not the right thing to risk to try to get in this read more

It's not the right thing to do. It's not the right thing to risk to try to get in this country through these very dangerous areas.

It's very hard for adults to change their personality, and Harvard needs a personality who can get all the faculty read more

It's very hard for adults to change their personality, and Harvard needs a personality who can get all the faculty and schools to work together for the good of the university.