People from the area have told me that they are pleased to see the pupils wearing uniform and it makes read more

People from the area have told me that they are pleased to see the pupils wearing uniform and it makes them proud to come from Niddrie.

I think we've gotten way too lackadaisical. Our society is very reactive rather than proactive, and it bothers me that read more

I think we've gotten way too lackadaisical. Our society is very reactive rather than proactive, and it bothers me that the huge changes right after September 11, like the National Guard at the airport, have been cut back.

I don't know how to put this into words. In 16 years of working in Triple-A baseball, Mario was right read more

I don't know how to put this into words. In 16 years of working in Triple-A baseball, Mario was right at the top. There was just something about him.

The roadmap is inoperative and nothing has replaced it.

The roadmap is inoperative and nothing has replaced it.

A wafer fab (fabrication plant) is something very complex and a difficult business to run and operate,

A wafer fab (fabrication plant) is something very complex and a difficult business to run and operate,

She's invaluable. Honestly, without having me being a literacy coach, there is no way we could run the program.

She's invaluable. Honestly, without having me being a literacy coach, there is no way we could run the program.

We've had some tough ones to swallow. But we hung in there. We hung together as a team and it's read more

We've had some tough ones to swallow. But we hung in there. We hung together as a team and it's paid off.

The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout read more

The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout Europe: the devil's hoof, the devil's horn mark. It reaches back to early Christianity and the middle ages. Where a child was born out of wedlock, the church cooked up the impression that you'd done something sinful, and something dreadful would result. You will still find, particularly in Greece, people doing a little sign when they see a very badly disabled child – it needs warding off.

It was a madhouse, ... if you wait until voting day, then you've got the long lines and you get read more

It was a madhouse, ... if you wait until voting day, then you've got the long lines and you get tired.