History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.

Just try to shed a little light on somebody. They've got a lot of other things going on that are way more important than sports. It'll be interesting to see how many people will be at the game and the reception we get.

Differences challenge assumptions.

I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now.

The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.