Even one year is still excessive. In most employment contracts, trial periods are from one to six months.

Even one year is still excessive. In most employment contracts, trial periods are from one to six months.

When it's all said and done, this year may be even more gratifying than last year,

When it's all said and done, this year may be even more gratifying than last year,

Three weeks into the NFL season, it's hard to say which team is the best in the business. So far, read more

Three weeks into the NFL season, it's hard to say which team is the best in the business. So far, I've got it narrowed down to Tampa Bay, Cincinnati and [the University of Southern California].

Elgin's game was an incredible performance, also. I don't think there's any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His read more

Elgin's game was an incredible performance, also. I don't think there's any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His game was attacking the hoop and hitting jumpers inside 20 feet. Kobe's range is unreal, and he does it his way.

I thought they might enjoy that.

I thought they might enjoy that.

All locations are looking at that possibility. The more it's accepted in the marketplace, the more it catches on, you read more

All locations are looking at that possibility. The more it's accepted in the marketplace, the more it catches on, you will see that next level.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Everybody agrees that we have to fix these levees. But declaring a state of emergency an hour before a political read more

Everybody agrees that we have to fix these levees. But declaring a state of emergency an hour before a political convention smacks much more of politics than it does of leadership. The governor has had many opportunities to fund and fix these levees before, and he hasn't done it.

There must have been great yearning and repression in Mohamed Atta's life; it is the torment of Atta's generation. They read more

There must have been great yearning and repression in Mohamed Atta's life; it is the torment of Atta's generation. They were placed perilously close to modernity, but they could not partake of it.