When I was working on the unauthorized biography 'Stan Musial: An American Life,' which came out in 2011, old opponents recalled how Musial knew their names after they had been in the majors only a few days.
My fundamental concern about the role of faith groups in providing social provision is democratic: how do we hold them to account? To whom are they responsible? How do we, the public, the recipients of welfare, punish them if they make mistakes or become corrupt?
How can you be a recluse in a house full of children, even if you had the inclination to be, which I don't?
Although this should not be so, historians reconsider presidencies based on how the presidents conduct themselves after leaving office.
My father's record collection was all country. That's how I was exposed to it.
I miss how a record label can help spread the word that you have something out.
Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out about bands. It's kind of the same way these days. In a way even less because there are no record stores to go to anymore.
Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine.
We've seen more reform in the last year than we've seen in decades, and we haven't spent a dime yet. It's staggering how the Recovery Act is driving change.
I'm not embarrassed about how we recruit, how we treat kids, and how we coach them.
We made more than just scientific discoveries... we rediscovered how much people love exploration.
We citizens of the affluent countries tend to discuss our obligations toward the distant needy mainly in terms of donations and transfers, assistance and redistribution: How much of our wealth, if any, should we give away to the hungry abroad?
I'm not an academic; I'm not an archaeologist. I'm a writer, communicating ideas to the public. There is a model of how the past is, and a lot of academic archaeology is about refining the model. It's not about changing the model radically. I'm not aware of any current which is about radically changing the model. It's just me, really.
A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.
How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?
It's just astonishing to me that the media is so interested in how much it costs to secure our border and has no interest in the cost of refusing to secure our border.
I don't just think regular season. I think playoffs. World Series. That's how I think.
In addition to reining in spending, taxes, tolls and fees, let's rein in how much the state borrows.
Depending on how you farm, your farm is either sequestering or releasing carbon.
