I'm more interested in whether the losses we'll see on Friday are a permanent feature on the landscape or just read more

I'm more interested in whether the losses we'll see on Friday are a permanent feature on the landscape or just the result of people pushed out of work due to Katrina and Rita. I think the market will look at it and shrug it off and look at what's going to happen in October.

Getting European Commission approval is a key step ... but the fact that there has been such a disconnect between read more

Getting European Commission approval is a key step ... but the fact that there has been such a disconnect between the takeout price of $76 (per Guidant share) and the current share price tells you there's more uncertainty and nervousness out there than normal.

I like to think of it as a type of Thanksgiving, reestablishing that connection on a human level.

I like to think of it as a type of Thanksgiving, reestablishing that connection on a human level.

They knew the line was there. It could have caused a lot of people to get sick.

They knew the line was there. It could have caused a lot of people to get sick.

No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor read more

No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.

Head Start plays a big role. We start at a younger age to cut the barriers of culture, but education read more

Head Start plays a big role. We start at a younger age to cut the barriers of culture, but education — I think that's more important than anything else.

The condo market in Arizona is nuts right now. People can't go to California because you have to pay a read more

The condo market in Arizona is nuts right now. People can't go to California because you have to pay a million dollars, and condos in Vegas got expensive really fast. A condo on the outskirts of Vegas will cost $500,000. Arizona has been really hot for the past year, and probably will be for the next two years.

They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

I'm looking forward to meeting him next week at training camp. It'll be an honor to work with a guy read more

I'm looking forward to meeting him next week at training camp. It'll be an honor to work with a guy who just won a Stanley Cup [in 2004 with Tampa Bay].