We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better read more

We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better quality trials and a significant reduction in the number of people sentenced to death. Whatever their impact, they must not be seen as a substitute for more wide-ranging reforms aimed at the complete abolition of the death penalty in China.

She goes by 'Chris,' not 'Christine,' in her everyday life. Calling her Christine would be like using 'William Jefferson Clinton' read more

She goes by 'Chris,' not 'Christine,' in her everyday life. Calling her Christine would be like using 'William Jefferson Clinton' instead of Bill Clinton. 'Christine' is just more formal. She says that's what her mother called her when she got in trouble.

Everyone needs to stop saying 'I'm a Republican' or 'I'm a Democrat' and just be good Christians. But don't worry, read more

Everyone needs to stop saying 'I'm a Republican' or 'I'm a Democrat' and just be good Christians. But don't worry, the Gulf Coast is going to be rebuilt, and it's going to be great. God works in mysterious ways.

Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.

Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.

We didn't want to look past this game. If we looked past it they could have come in and beat read more

We didn't want to look past this game. If we looked past it they could have come in and beat us.

We will have to defend very well and take half-chances. It will come down to who takes the half-chances.

We will have to defend very well and take half-chances. It will come down to who takes the half-chances.

Bill . . . called a guy who was a towering figure and he totally defanged him.

Bill . . . called a guy who was a towering figure and he totally defanged him.

I'm 27. Everybody knows when you get around 30, 30-plus, you start to depreciate. I wanted to have that security read more

I'm 27. Everybody knows when you get around 30, 30-plus, you start to depreciate. I wanted to have that security of knowing I would be in the same place for the next three or four years or the next five or six years.

We haven't seen any signs of Sunny having the form that he had last year. We talked [on Saturday]. To read more

We haven't seen any signs of Sunny having the form that he had last year. We talked [on Saturday]. To me, it's not a mechanics issue. I think he's kind of lost in what he's trying to do, as far as how he wants to execute each pitch. It's not coming naturally.