There is still a risk that more dikes will fall as pressure remains very high with water two meters (six read more

There is still a risk that more dikes will fall as pressure remains very high with water two meters (six ft) above flooding levels at some places.

Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than read more

Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.

We do all the appropriating. They do not do any of it down at the White House. They send a read more

We do all the appropriating. They do not do any of it down at the White House. They send a budget up here, and we don't have to pay any attention it to at all. We do what we want to do.

I was the running joke in Miami, they were cutting me and recalling me so many times. I had six read more

I was the running joke in Miami, they were cutting me and recalling me so many times. I had six or seven termination letters, and there were guys who felt so bad for me they were picking my luggage up for me and putting it in my locker each time.

Women's music is underrepresented.

Women's music is underrepresented.

What was most annoying to me as I returned as a tourist with my granddaughter is how seriously you all read more

What was most annoying to me as I returned as a tourist with my granddaughter is how seriously you all take yourselves. Now, I know it is the capital of the free world and a lot of people there have major important jobs but most don't!

There is the possibility of losing your hearing. That's when it gets to a very serious level.

There is the possibility of losing your hearing. That's when it gets to a very serious level.

I am very pleased that Governor Perry and his Commissioner of Education firmly believe that more education dollars should be read more

I am very pleased that Governor Perry and his Commissioner of Education firmly believe that more education dollars should be spent in the classroom, ... It is a travesty that hundreds of thousands of dollars were previously spent on nonacademic expenses such as lobbyists and seminars, rather than in our children's classrooms.

Know how sublime a thing is to suffer and be strong.

Know how sublime a thing is to suffer and be strong.