Sam Walton cared about his people. That's the reason he called them "associates." He was always going into stores and leading pep rallies, not just because it helped his profits but because it helped them. He got a lot of those early associates in as small investors, and made them into millionaires.

Drug scandals? No favorite? No Lance? We're seeing the best Tour ever.

Digital copies are not perfect, anymore than LPs were perfect, or tapes were perfect. The Internet may give you the ability to get a new copy, but it will take time to download, and (if it is a copy of a copy of a copy etc. etc. etc.) it's liable to be just as buggy as the DVD.

At some point Americans must realize that, if they wish to remain economically competitive -- if they wish to keep their houses and cars and flush toilets -- that they must do everything they can to encourage democracy and science.

Believe in the values of this medium.

You might call Stevens' plan an Ultra-Slim Fast Plan for the U.S. economy, as in Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire.

I don't think change is impossible. I think that, in the face of failure, change is more possible than ever.

The time has come, in other words, to teach, to mentor, and to pass on what we know so our children can save this wretched Earth from the mess we have made of it.

What defined the Crisis was America's reaction to that violence, and its rejection of the causes on which that violence was based.

These questions define medical, home automation, security, and home inventory applications. Each one can be a billion-dollar niche.