It's basically a home-rule issue. I think the governing authority that appoints people as assessors certainly has reasons for doing it. ... And it certainly ought to be the board of assessors' right to say who is best qualified to serve as an appraiser.

Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.

If I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much more regular, and frequent, basis.

These days - with the decline of the traditional churches - I'm concerned about where we obtain some form of moral direction.

I have a backlog of novels which I would love to be working on and would be working on if I were not obliged to hold down a full time job.

It's basically a home-rule issue. I think the governing authority that appoints people as assessors certainly has reasons for doing it. ... And it certainly ought to be the board of assessors' right to say who is best qualified to serve as an appraiser.

People of this teenager's age are on the brink of adulthood and have to be allowed a greater degree of responsibility. A consequence of this is a decrease in parental responsibility. Therefore to have criminal responsibility for what you don't know about seems rather extreme.