Don't reward bad behavior. It is one of the first rules of parenting. During the financial cataclysm of 2008, we said it differently. When we bailed out banks that had created their own misfortune, we called it a 'moral hazard,' because the bailout absolved the bank's bad acts and created an incentive for it to make the same bad loans again.

Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street!

I apologize to the public, whom I promised better.

Global warming threatens our health, our economy, our natural resources, and our children's future. It is clear we must act.

Don't reward bad behavior. It is one of the first rules of parenting. During the financial cataclysm of 2008, we said it differently. When we bailed out banks that had created their own misfortune, we called it a 'moral hazard,' because the bailout absolved the bank's bad acts and created an incentive for it to make the same bad loans again.

I don't like politicians who vacillate.

Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror.