Insurgents used to mortar the thing every day. Luckily, it was a very large base and they were very poor read more

Insurgents used to mortar the thing every day. Luckily, it was a very large base and they were very poor shots.

We're learning now that the destruction was even greater than we thought. What we need most now is skeleton staffs read more

We're learning now that the destruction was even greater than we thought. What we need most now is skeleton staffs to protect these collections not just in New Orleans but all along the Gulf Coast.

We want to give men and women in the department equal opportunities to appear on stage. With 'Julius Caesar' and read more

We want to give men and women in the department equal opportunities to appear on stage. With 'Julius Caesar' and 'The Rainmaker,' those are great opportunities for men, and we selected the others for the female actors on campus.

If you see someone like that who's in the spotlight and working hard and still not having a big head read more

If you see someone like that who's in the spotlight and working hard and still not having a big head and coming to work every day, it makes you want to play harder for the guy. People were getting crazy out there. There's nothing better than that.

If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.

If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.

I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was read more

I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was safe where we went.

As the rate of gain in corporate profits slows, even though the economy is booming, productivity is slowing and wages read more

As the rate of gain in corporate profits slows, even though the economy is booming, productivity is slowing and wages are going up, so the market will feel worse -- but people will be feeling better,

Natural gas prices will be bad as well, we shouldn't expect prices to go back down significantly.

Natural gas prices will be bad as well, we shouldn't expect prices to go back down significantly.

Markets are now focused squarely on inflation. Will it follow the great growth we've seen and force the Fed's hand read more

Markets are now focused squarely on inflation. Will it follow the great growth we've seen and force the Fed's hand to take rates up faster than the market currently anticipates?