Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

This consolidation really started in the mid-1990s but picked up speed and is still continuing. In the last 15 years, read more

This consolidation really started in the mid-1990s but picked up speed and is still continuing. In the last 15 years, about 150 companies have been acquired or merged. Most of the consolidation is confined to the top 10 builders, who are acquiring companies.

Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing.

Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing.

It's a drop in the bucket. It's only meaningful to the extent that it doesn't support the notion that the read more

It's a drop in the bucket. It's only meaningful to the extent that it doesn't support the notion that the family thinks the sale of the company is imminent.

She's an incredible optimist. Every time there was a problem, she had a positive read. She never gave up. She read more

She's an incredible optimist. Every time there was a problem, she had a positive read. She never gave up. She was always encouraging and always finding solutions.

Prom is an exciting time for teenagers. The perfect dress is any dress that they feel beautiful and confident wearing.

Prom is an exciting time for teenagers. The perfect dress is any dress that they feel beautiful and confident wearing.

At one point there were four sophomores and a junior in there at a crucial point and they played three read more

At one point there were four sophomores and a junior in there at a crucial point and they played three minutes of good basketball. I tried to do that so they (the starters) could see that patience.

It's always been Tom's philosophy and to this day that if we are going to do it -- we are read more

It's always been Tom's philosophy and to this day that if we are going to do it -- we are going to do it right.

To be sure, nothing is more important to the integrity of the universities than a rigorously enforced divorce from war-oriented read more

To be sure, nothing is more important to the integrity of the universities than a rigorously enforced divorce from war-oriented research and all connected enterprises.