Wages are 70 percent of the cost of production. That puts pressure on the cost structure of business, and the read more

Wages are 70 percent of the cost of production. That puts pressure on the cost structure of business, and the propensity is to increase consumer prices.

We haven't seen the new study yet, and we're not in the habit of prejudging these sorts of things. (But) read more

We haven't seen the new study yet, and we're not in the habit of prejudging these sorts of things. (But) we haven't seen a reason to doubt Dr. Ramey's work.

When you're that young, you can't come to grips emotionally so you isolate yourself from your teammates. So my junior read more

When you're that young, you can't come to grips emotionally so you isolate yourself from your teammates. So my junior and senior years, I felt it was no longer my team. I lost a lot of good relationships and friendships.

His struggle for a bare living left him no time to take advantage of the public evening school. In time read more

His struggle for a bare living left him no time to take advantage of the public evening school. In time he learned to read, to follow a conversation or lecture; but he never learned to write correctly; and his pronunciation remains extremely foreign to this day.

She's a very special young lady who had the courage to step up and testify, ... She's the hero in read more

She's a very special young lady who had the courage to step up and testify, ... She's the hero in this.

Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as read more

Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.

The despair is so deep. This is truly a catastrophe of epic proportions for our country. And now they're in read more

The despair is so deep. This is truly a catastrophe of epic proportions for our country. And now they're in our backyard, and we need to help them.

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

We have 60 hills of rhubarb now. When we bought the farm in 1946 we found it coming up in read more

We have 60 hills of rhubarb now. When we bought the farm in 1946 we found it coming up in the pasture near the old greenhouse and moved it closer to the house.