John Glenn's father, known as Herschel, was mostly deaf from injuries in World War I. To help out at home, young Glenn sold rhubarb all over town from the family garden.

Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure.

Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.

In Chicago, integrated neighborhoods do not stay integrated for long.

Cities vary widely in the use of DNA testing.

History is the best guide to the future.

FEMA says that it does not factor in previous losses into its decisions on applications to redraw the flood zones.

I never bought a man who wasn't for sale. -W.A. Clark, ascribed

Companies are accustomed to dismissing employees for misuse of computers at work.

In Illinois, where legislators are paid $45, 000, plus as much as $10, 000 for leadership work, about half are full-time politicians.

While the House of Blues slogan has been 'In blues we trust, ' its stages are usually filled with more reliable moneymakers - Neil Diamond and A Tribe Called Quest among them.

As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.

Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless.

Anderson isn't qualified to make Frank Mir a sandwich

My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music.

The real problem is not increasing your energy. The problem is losing it. If you stop the loss and you simply meditate, you will have more than enough energy. You will learn to live strategically.

Often men believe women are the same, and once they figure what works for one woman they apply that same method to all the other women they are intimate with, and that's one of the major problems.

The higher the mountain on which you stand, the less change in the prospect from year to year, from age to age. Above a certain height there is no change.

Let us secure not such books as people want, but books just above their wants, and they will reach up to take what is put out for them.

Love means never having to say you're sorry. That's why I never apologize to my mirror.

We can never be certain about the future and therefore we must continue to be flexible and adaptable so that we can react quickly to the needs of our clients and our market place.