What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.

What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.

If you're not serving the customer, you'd better be serving someone who is.

If you're not serving the customer, you'd better be serving someone who is.

It's like giving birth to a kindergartener,

It's like giving birth to a kindergartener,

Any bad news can throw us, and the jobs report was perceived as bad news, seen as a sign that read more

Any bad news can throw us, and the jobs report was perceived as bad news, seen as a sign that the recovery is fragile, but that's not necessarily true. In the last two recessions, a pickup in employment only happened a year after the recession had ended. So just because unemployment is higher doesn't mean we're not on track for a recovery.

Why wasn't someone on top of this years ago? I don't have an answer to that. The step decline ... read more

Why wasn't someone on top of this years ago? I don't have an answer to that. The step decline ... got people's attention. That made it possible to start looking at this in great detail.

It became almost the biggest event in Montana. If you were coming from Kalispell you had to start hours ahead read more

It became almost the biggest event in Montana. If you were coming from Kalispell you had to start hours ahead of time and it took hours to get out of town...those days are gone.

Power is poison. It's effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

Power is poison. It's effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

I had no idea where these kids at a small private college in the San Fernando Valley were coming from, read more

I had no idea where these kids at a small private college in the San Fernando Valley were coming from, why they were coming to hear me, or what they needed to know.

Pray, Mr. Abernethy, what is a cure for gout?' was the question of an indolent and luxurious citizen. 'Live upon read more

Pray, Mr. Abernethy, what is a cure for gout?' was the question of an indolent and luxurious citizen. 'Live upon sixpence a day - and earn it,' was the cogent reply.