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.

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.

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.

My priority is not about grades. I yearn for knowledge, skills and wisdom.

...be as fast as Usain Bolt, the winner is the winner, even if he crawls like a crab, his destiny is unshakable.

Soul music is timeless.

A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.

I would say if I was any type of nerd, it was probably a band nerd.

In my experience, if you go to a hospital for any reason whatsoever, including to read the gas meter, they give you a tetanus shot.

All the remedies for all the types of conflicts are alike in that they begin by finding the facts rather than by starting a fight.

We’re all dying, Cassel. It’s just that some of us are dying faster than others.

I don't feel particularly comfortable about actors using whatever power they may have to push their beliefs, unless they're extremely well informed.

If your business keeps you so busy that you have no time for anything else, there must be something wrong either with you or with your business.