The Times will not comment on the meeting, but one can only imagine the president?s desperation. The problem was not read more

The Times will not comment on the meeting, but one can only imagine the president?s desperation. The problem was not that the disclosures would compromise national security, as Bush claimed at his press conference. ...No, Bush was desperate to keep the Times from running this important story?which the paper had already inexplicably held for a year?because he knew that it would reveal him as a law-breaker.

Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.

Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

Willie is a veteran player who upgrades the depth of our defensive corps. He plays a solid defensive game and read more

Willie is a veteran player who upgrades the depth of our defensive corps. He plays a solid defensive game and will be a good fit for our hockey club as we prepare for the 2006 playoffs and a chance to compete for the Stanley Cup.

The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used read more

The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not.

Microsoft has a tremendous amount of patience, which can be inspiring or distressing, depending on your point of view, ... read more

Microsoft has a tremendous amount of patience, which can be inspiring or distressing, depending on your point of view, ... they will have waited so long for so little and have been willing to spend a long, long time in the red.

We changed (defenses) and when we get out of pressure we look terrible, but I thought we did a good read more

We changed (defenses) and when we get out of pressure we look terrible, but I thought we did a good job against a pretty good team in terms of scrambling. I was very disappointed in our intensity in the first half. I thought we played a real poor first half.

People think families like that are the exception, but they aren't. Unfortunately, great families are torn apart every day.

People think families like that are the exception, but they aren't. Unfortunately, great families are torn apart every day.

I don't even know what the odds are for one kid or one team to make it here. Obviously, being read more

I don't even know what the odds are for one kid or one team to make it here. Obviously, being from Canada this is their Stanley Cup - they made it. It's hard enough to get here and it's hard enough to advance.