I asked three members of the USC basketball program what it will take for them to win three games in three days at the Pac-10 Tournament — probably the only route to the NCAA Tournament for the barely-on-the-bubble Trojans. Taj Gibson’s response was far and away the best: “Maturity...

Part of an ad hoc series designed to introduce you Pennsylvania's many and varied legislative and judicial candidates. Sometime ago I received an e-mail asking if I'd like to interview Daniel Bricmont for this blog. The e-mail informed me that Bricmont is currently a candidate for the Commonwealth C...

We had another meeting of the Book Club today...ostensibly to discuss The Last Lecture but we really only talked about it for about five minutes. The rest of the time it was Megan, Jeannie and Christy gab fest. The three of us get along really well and just jabber like idiots when we're together. Je...

The episode began at a dinner to celebrate an author’s newest book being published. The author stands to thank the dinner guests and his editor starts trashing him, the book and everyone else. Then he apologizes, starts bleeding from his nose and collapses. House enters his office to find the ...

Within the heart, the essence of worshipLord, in that corethat kernel,it is you, your sacrificeyour grace, on the crossgiving yourself, to death,into the arms of deaththat I may liveYour love for me, in my heartleading me to your throneYour spirit abiding, growingleading me to praise,to worship you,...

Siamo arrivati alla nona puntata di X Factor . Lo so, ci sono volute nove puntate per veder uscire i Farias, ma finalmente ci siamo riusciti. Pagellone, eccomi qua. Gemelli Diversi. Mi fa sorridere lo spunto di Morgan, secondo il quale il ruolo di "cane da guardia" nel panorama musicale it...

(Jonathan Moore/jjmoorephoto.com) The Trojans (18-12, 9-9) finished their regular season by defeating Oregon State (13-16, 7-11) 68-52 at the Galen Center on Saturday. Daniel Hackett had 17 points and Demar DeRozan scored 16. Taj Gibson had five blocked shots and finished the regular season with 86 ...

“Taking out the goat” is a known Israeli expression. It usually means creating a false demand during negotiations, so it could be dropped later in a public display of compromise. Obviously, the whole idea of taking out the goat revolves around ego-maintenance and manipulation of public o...

var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(420,592,708686,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() Good morning, Gryffindors! I’ve got two Rupert Grint goodies for you today. First, BLAG magazine has a cool “making of the magazine” trailer...

Daniel Siegel: A System's View of Disintegration & Integration (He's still cute, he's still brilliant, he speaks in easy-to-remember aphorisms and he's still heartful. What's not to like?) "Integration is the linking of differentiated parts. The concept is useful for ass...