Good grammar develops over time, so relax and put down the red pen. Kids need to make mistakes in writing read more

Good grammar develops over time, so relax and put down the red pen. Kids need to make mistakes in writing to move toward correctness. They freeze up if they think you'll pounce on every error. You want your daughters to keep writing, since this is the best way for them to develop strong usage skills.

We played a tough team tonight. They had nine and nine on each side of the ball coming back and read more

We played a tough team tonight. They had nine and nine on each side of the ball coming back and were ready to play. Our kids kept on fighting though.

When we lost power to that whole computer room, the UPS didn't kick in like it should. Apparently, the batteries read more

When we lost power to that whole computer room, the UPS didn't kick in like it should. Apparently, the batteries in the UPS systems were not sufficiently strong enough.

You don't know if this will be the shareholders' choice, or a political choice. For the steel industry, this is read more

You don't know if this will be the shareholders' choice, or a political choice. For the steel industry, this is Microsoft buying Apple.

It's difficult to survive on this wicket with the new ball, but after it gets old it's easy to play read more

It's difficult to survive on this wicket with the new ball, but after it gets old it's easy to play your shots.

It's not disappointing to lose; we have lost before, but to lose with little or no effort is upsetting. When read more

It's not disappointing to lose; we have lost before, but to lose with little or no effort is upsetting. When you don't listen to what's being told it becomes rather frustrating. Like I told the guys, I will tell you what I want you to do and when it doesn't work, I'll take the blame but if you don't do what you are asked nothing can work. We had four guys doing one thing and one guy doing something else. It was one of our worst outings of the year.

Real Madrid is in a mess because it's suffering really high pressure and demands. We must take the initiative because read more

Real Madrid is in a mess because it's suffering really high pressure and demands. We must take the initiative because we're at home, we're only a point behind and we can make history.

I would prefer a total stock market fund if it's going to be their only investment, but if it's the read more

I would prefer a total stock market fund if it's going to be their only investment, but if it's the first of many funds I'd go with the S&P 500 Index Fund.

There's an awful lot of excitement. These professionals are very critical to us -- they shape customers' perception of the read more

There's an awful lot of excitement. These professionals are very critical to us -- they shape customers' perception of the airline.