Very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington, and has more to do with what the average person sees, hears and reads than most people know.

We are the "can do" country. We adjust to situations better than any people in the history of the world... We adjust to change.

The Michigan Republican primary apparently is tighter than Willie Nelson's headband.

Catholic dioceses typically spent hundreds of thousands of dollars recklessly, then filed for bankruptcy. The goal was to avoid the money going to the hands of victims of predator priests.

Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.

Journalism is not a precise science, it's a crude art

Music is important. It says things you heart can't say any other way, and in a language everyone speaks. Music crosses borders, turns smiles into frowns, and vice versa. These observations are shared with a hope: that, when schools cut back on music classes, they really think about what they're doing - and don't take music for granted.