Germany in general has stayed united with the other two partners, but is considered sort of the weak link, ... read more

Germany in general has stayed united with the other two partners, but is considered sort of the weak link, ... My guess is that (Merkel's) Christian Democrats might be marginally more in line with the U.S. position.

It looks like they're going to get a stadium built in L.A., and I'm sure they'll be a team ready read more

It looks like they're going to get a stadium built in L.A., and I'm sure they'll be a team ready to move there, too,

The market got off to a spirited start, but it soon drew to a halt because nobody wants to take read more

The market got off to a spirited start, but it soon drew to a halt because nobody wants to take any risk. There is caution, indeed, because of the elections.

I've invited some legislators but they just looked at me like I was weird. Obviously, I haven't asked the right read more

I've invited some legislators but they just looked at me like I was weird. Obviously, I haven't asked the right ones.

Supreme Court arguments and decisions are fascinating to a few of us and really pretty boring to most.

Supreme Court arguments and decisions are fascinating to a few of us and really pretty boring to most.

It's not out of the realm of possibility that the second-quarter numbers could be strong enough to support the stock read more

It's not out of the realm of possibility that the second-quarter numbers could be strong enough to support the stock at a higher valuation, ... If you keep raising estimates, you probably could keep expanding the multiple.

We've bent over backwards to make this bill acceptable to the president, ... We also listened to the president and read more

We've bent over backwards to make this bill acceptable to the president, ... We also listened to the president and made some bothersome changes to the bill to accommodate his concerns.

Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending read more

Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending catastrophe to bring it down.

They've won a lot of games in a lot of different ways. Buzzer-beaters, last-second shots. We've had our chances, we read more

They've won a lot of games in a lot of different ways. Buzzer-beaters, last-second shots. We've had our chances, we just haven't been able to get over the hump the last few years.