What's new is high oil prices and the economy hates high oil prices.

When we decline to talk about what is real simply because it's uncomfortable to do so, we seal our own fate.

The real problem is that we use too much oil. It's that simple and that difficult. If we truly want to reduce our vulnerability to high prices, the best way to do so is to reduce consumption.

The science is in: either we go cold turkey on our coal, oil, and gas addictions, or we risk raising the planet's temperature to a level incompatible with the continued existence of civilization.

Today, it is especially difficult for most people to understand our perilous global energy situation precisely because it has never been more important to do so.

Economic growth as we have known it is over and done with.

A daughter, ' Rowley scooped up the child and held her high. The baby blinked from sleep and crowed with him. 'Any fool can have a son, ' he said. 'It takes a man to conceive a daughter.

I don't think there's anything more scary than being forced into doing stand-up comedy.

In one study, old people assigned to a geriatrics team stayed independent for far longer, and were admitted to the hospital less.

Ohioans are practical. We're a can-do people. Give us a problem, we'll give you a solution.

Vivienne Westwood really inspires me. I love her punk ethos.

I like playing music. I don't always like the feeling of people looking at me. I don't think I'm, like, a natural performer, but I'm getting better.

Perhaps poetry will be the canary in the mine-shaft warning us of what's to come.

Amazing, isn't it, that our prayers...can move the very heart of God who created the universe?

I was, you know, a mess. I totally wanted to kill myself every day.

I constantly have to negotiate with my doubts.