I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But read more

I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.

It defies understanding to say that if we're building only three or four new schools, we may not need buses. read more

It defies understanding to say that if we're building only three or four new schools, we may not need buses. That's simply not realistic. Until that kind of projection is made, a table of this sort is not complete.

Quite a number of observers have commented on my coolness during various riotous concerts which I performed at during those read more

Quite a number of observers have commented on my coolness during various riotous concerts which I performed at during those first tumultuous years of the armistice between World War I and World War II. The reason is very simple: I was armed.

Yes, and we've already taken all the classes and shots.

Yes, and we've already taken all the classes and shots.

It gets to seem as if way back in the Garden of Eden after the Fall, Adam and Eve had read more

It gets to seem as if way back in the Garden of Eden after the Fall, Adam and Eve had begged the Lord to forgive them and He, in his boundless exasperation, had said, ''All right, then. Stay. Stay in the Garden. Get civilized. Procreate. Muck it up.'' And they did.

A lot of schools are looking at open source ? budgets come into play here. Microsoft licensing takes a big read more

A lot of schools are looking at open source ? budgets come into play here. Microsoft licensing takes a big chunk out of schools budgets. The biggest issue is cost, basically.

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they read more

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

We were disciplined in the second half, though, and we made it through as group winners, when no one thought read more

We were disciplined in the second half, though, and we made it through as group winners, when no one thought we had a chance.

I think one wants lots of different lives.

I think one wants lots of different lives.