You take a triple crown guy off your team, you're going to feel the effects. Conversely, I think we'll be read more

You take a triple crown guy off your team, you're going to feel the effects. Conversely, I think we'll be stronger throughout the lineup this year.

I definitely feel a bond with Jordan. Him being from L.A., I got plenty of opportunities to see him play. read more

I definitely feel a bond with Jordan. Him being from L.A., I got plenty of opportunities to see him play. I definitely knew I'd be coming into a school with another talented guard, and you have to enjoy that.

He has a lot of talent. He won a very tough race and is an excellent speaker.

He has a lot of talent. He won a very tough race and is an excellent speaker.

The cost of health care is going up much faster than people's wages. Families are paying about (on average) $1,000 read more

The cost of health care is going up much faster than people's wages. Families are paying about (on average) $1,000 more now just for health care premiums than they were five years ago.

I was proud of the girls for hanging in there.

I was proud of the girls for hanging in there.

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with read more

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.

This is the time of year people start shopping for space heaters, but business hasn't been above normal,

This is the time of year people start shopping for space heaters, but business hasn't been above normal,

The cynic in me says they want to lock him up and maybe squeeze him to get him to say read more

The cynic in me says they want to lock him up and maybe squeeze him to get him to say something. I don't know what it is they expect him to say. Anytime they called to talk to him, he did.

We may never see base salary increases in the mid-to-upper 4 percent range again.

We may never see base salary increases in the mid-to-upper 4 percent range again.