One lesson that we might draw from this incident is that we shouldn't be asking so many questions of jurors. read more

One lesson that we might draw from this incident is that we shouldn't be asking so many questions of jurors. Maybe we should just be asking if they have ever been convicted of a crime, that we ought to know. But, do we really need to know about every arrest and every civil lawsuit and what television programs they watch?

We are seeing the long bond tell us that the Fed's decision was proper from an inflation perspective. Long-term interest read more

We are seeing the long bond tell us that the Fed's decision was proper from an inflation perspective. Long-term interest rates are coming down slightly, moving from 7 percent to about 6.95 percent at the this point in time. So the market isn't worried about inflation. The market thinks the Fed's decision was right.

Robust demand for cruise vacations continued into our seasonally strong summer period. Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North read more

Robust demand for cruise vacations continued into our seasonally strong summer period. Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North American brands, more than compensated for increases in fuel costs, resulting in higher profits and another record third quarter,

I try to leave out the parts that people skip.

I try to leave out the parts that people skip.

I'm a pretty paranoid guy,

I'm a pretty paranoid guy,

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, read more

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

As a neighbor and trade partner, we are happy to provide assistance to the United States at the time of read more

As a neighbor and trade partner, we are happy to provide assistance to the United States at the time of the disaster.

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now read more

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.