Even in areas where tap water is safe to drink, demand for bottled water is increasing--producing unnecessary garbage and consuming read more

Even in areas where tap water is safe to drink, demand for bottled water is increasing--producing unnecessary garbage and consuming vast quantities of energy. Although in the industrial world bottled water is often no healthier than tap water, it can cost up to 10,000 times more.

Why is this thus? What is the reason of this thusness?

Why is this thus? What is the reason of this thusness?

We're very excited that Downs is bringing this forward. We've been waiting for it for some time. It's filling a read more

We're very excited that Downs is bringing this forward. We've been waiting for it for some time. It's filling a need ... in the region.

There is a director who should make 'Silver Surfer' — he is mentally committed to it.

There is a director who should make 'Silver Surfer' — he is mentally committed to it.

We've got the first generation of significantly educated people. There's a black middle class like never before.

We've got the first generation of significantly educated people. There's a black middle class like never before.

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and read more

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.

I would contend that our children are as important to the future of the country as the economy. The stock read more

I would contend that our children are as important to the future of the country as the economy. The stock market will never depend on it, but I hope the report will annually at least focus attention on the status and condition of our children.

The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going read more

The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the North Pole, finding the story seemed less like a creative effort than an act of recollection. I felt, like the story's narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do. Then I got a call from Eastern Oklahoma State, a junior read more

I wasn't sure what I was going to do. Then I got a call from Eastern Oklahoma State, a junior college, and they offered me a scholarship.