Russia does not control oil prices - OPEC does. So Russia is a hostage in the hands of those who control these prices

Germany is dictating its policy in Europe

Russia's main weaknesses are inflexibility and dependence on energy resources

Looking at my life through the lens of history has made me increasingly grateful to standout women who pushed those boundaries to make the changes from which I have benefited.

Saying of the Prophet.Ink and Blood:The ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr.

Passion though a bad regulator is a powerful spring.

For the believer there is no question for the non-believer there is no answer.

Now learning a bit more about footballers I think what they need to do well, is someone who really wants to stay in the background and just be a strong support.

The countries who out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow.

I'm rarely grabbed by anything the way I was when I was 10 years younger. About the only relatively new artists whose albums I own are Beck, and They Might Be Giants.

As I would learn later in life, money makes you extremely handsome.

Please excuse Jason from eternal damnation. He has had amnesia.

The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.