Market participants stayed on the sidelines ahead of the US data.

Market participants stayed on the sidelines ahead of the US data.

We never got a real big lead on them, and we got to work on some things.

We never got a real big lead on them, and we got to work on some things.

I'm looking forward to an interesting period. We have a lot of opportunities obviously for the league and a lot read more

I'm looking forward to an interesting period. We have a lot of opportunities obviously for the league and a lot of challenges, and I look forward to working with the league office to help in any way I can.

As an example of the cooperation existing among the governments, the idea is also to establish and intensify cooperation between read more

As an example of the cooperation existing among the governments, the idea is also to establish and intensify cooperation between chambers of commerce in both regions.

During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as read more

During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.

But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.

But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.

There will be a lot of new choices for consumers and operators to make over the next decade.

There will be a lot of new choices for consumers and operators to make over the next decade.

I have been fielding quite a few calls about Apple's filing of the 'Mobile Me' patent. Folks have been speculating read more

I have been fielding quite a few calls about Apple's filing of the 'Mobile Me' patent. Folks have been speculating about a phone from Apple for more than a year. Being that I am a wireless analyst, I don't follow Apple as closely as others do. What I do know though, is that we are not likely to know until Apple wants us to know. They are pretty good at big surprises. Do I think they are developing a phone? Probably. Probably somewhere in their labs, there are prototypes of phones. Whether or not they bring one to market commercially is another story. Whether or not they will do so on their own is another open question. Hard to imagine carrier subsidies on a device unless there are revenues to be earned through downloaded services and content.

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in read more

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in it is not merely academic. Every outcry against the oppression of some people by other people, or against what is morally hideous is the affirmation of the principle that a human being as such is not to be violated. A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered.