A lot of it just has to do with luck, serendipity.

A lot of it just has to do with luck, serendipity.

They have circled, and they are now closing in. It's not looking good.

They have circled, and they are now closing in. It's not looking good.

It's not a big deal. We've got good players behind him and we're ready to go. That's life. It's a read more

It's not a big deal. We've got good players behind him and we're ready to go. That's life. It's a window of opportunity for those two kids and they need to jump on it and go get it.

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.

Defense, defense, defense. We take pride in it and it's a testimony to our team.

Defense, defense, defense. We take pride in it and it's a testimony to our team.

It's like a train wreck. They can't look away.

It's like a train wreck. They can't look away.

AWB could not inform DFAT and the UN that that debt was being paid out of these two (wheat) contracts read more

AWB could not inform DFAT and the UN that that debt was being paid out of these two (wheat) contracts without disclosing that the actions in 1995/1996 had themselves been outside the sanctions.

We're seeing a lot of these.

We're seeing a lot of these.

So Bhutan would stand out as a model, and Haiti is at the other end, ... And everybody else sort read more

So Bhutan would stand out as a model, and Haiti is at the other end, ... And everybody else sort of falls in the middle somewhere.