It's a great concept. I saw this house in the fall on a night tour and it's just amazing to read more

It's a great concept. I saw this house in the fall on a night tour and it's just amazing to see it now, just a few months later.

The claim that Religious believers have a happier outlook on life than Religious skeptics is like saying a drunken man read more

The claim that Religious believers have a happier outlook on life than Religious skeptics is like saying a drunken man is happier than a sober man. We should all value intellectual sobriety.

He didn't run for four months and when he got onto the paddock and ran he was very concerned because read more

He didn't run for four months and when he got onto the paddock and ran he was very concerned because there was a fair amount of pain.

A man can do all things if he but wills them.

A man can do all things if he but wills them.

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the read more

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.

The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of consumer confidence. And we have read more

The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of consumer confidence. And we have higher energy prices, which is another drag on consumer confidence and a 'tax' on consumer spending.

What is life, except excuse for death, or death but an escape from life.

What is life, except excuse for death, or death but an escape from life.

The big challenge is inventory. Not a lot of people watch this, so how do you get a big enough read more

The big challenge is inventory. Not a lot of people watch this, so how do you get a big enough market that makes it worth your while?

150,000 of our fellow countrymen are in prison in the home country, because they have declared themselves against this fratricidal read more

150,000 of our fellow countrymen are in prison in the home country, because they have declared themselves against this fratricidal war.