The market's extremely skittish. There's concerns about strong economic growth and tomorrow's (jobs) number.

The market's extremely skittish. There's concerns about strong economic growth and tomorrow's (jobs) number.

I was prepared to go to Norfolk when the phone call came. It changed my day. I just got on read more

I was prepared to go to Norfolk when the phone call came. It changed my day. I just got on a different plane at the airport.

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he read more

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. - On Doing What One Likes.

It's important to recognize that charter schools are public schools, and that it is better for your tax dollars to read more

It's important to recognize that charter schools are public schools, and that it is better for your tax dollars to be spent on innovative programs that equip children to succeed, rather than always sending money to schools regardless of whether or not they succeed.

Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we read more

Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we can't get it together [in the face of Hurricane Katrina], ... So imagine a country that's very poor, with a clunky bureaucracy. The ability to coordinate and manage this sort of crisis, especially in a country with corruption, high levels of alcoholism and a top-heavy bureaucracy, is challenging.

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.

We've got to play catch, and we have been. I don't think we have had an error so far in read more

We've got to play catch, and we have been. I don't think we have had an error so far in league.

We cannot take solace from these figures as the upward revision to the core PCE deflator takes the year-on-year rate read more

We cannot take solace from these figures as the upward revision to the core PCE deflator takes the year-on-year rate to 1.9 percent, up against the Fed's outer boundary.

There are very few things that I read that kick me in the gut. This is beyond my wildest guess read more

There are very few things that I read that kick me in the gut. This is beyond my wildest guess of how bad it actually is — how bad, how long and how nobody knew about it, ... I don't think Democrats or Republicans win on this. It basically makes people detest Congress even more and deters voter turnout.