We still saw the green route as the superior route. We truly believe it will have the least impact on read more

We still saw the green route as the superior route. We truly believe it will have the least impact on all the factors we have to consider, including property owners and environmental issues.

I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.

I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.

Of course, the implication is that there is something amiss, but I think that issue is far from settled. In read more

Of course, the implication is that there is something amiss, but I think that issue is far from settled. In fact, I believe that this government effort is a fishing expedition that unnecessarily disrupts the normal business operations of resellers and the manufacturers that supply them. If the government thought something was really wrong, they wouldn't have cast such a wide net to go hunting. I think this is a classic example of prosecutorial overreach.

Tobacco operating fundamentals sequentially strengthened from the first to the second quarter, and third-quarter performance generally retained that stronger momentum. read more

Tobacco operating fundamentals sequentially strengthened from the first to the second quarter, and third-quarter performance generally retained that stronger momentum. Results are also particularly encouraging, in our view, given Kraft's continued weak and disappointing overall operating performance...[Philip Morris USA] is delivering an improved balance of market share and operating profit performance.

It was very cool. We thought it was part of the show.

It was very cool. We thought it was part of the show.

The sad part about airports is it is hard to build a new one, ... They are almost an endangered read more

The sad part about airports is it is hard to build a new one, ... They are almost an endangered species. We can't just close these things willy-nilly.

I wanted to balance three equal lines, and I think it worked pretty well. Carrollton-Farmers Branch is second in the read more

I wanted to balance three equal lines, and I think it worked pretty well. Carrollton-Farmers Branch is second in the division (with 23 points) and we hung in the game until the third.

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor read more

No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.