I'm ready. I went out and bought a dress, and I'm ready to go.

It's going to be an excellent time, a really fun evening, and that's what we want -- excellent food, outstanding wines and a good time in addition to all of it.

I tell people the public library is a lot like public broadcasting. We depend more and more on the public for funding. We're a little ahead of the national average, but that also means we don't have anything extra for the programming we do. We're stretched. And, we need that endowment fund to allow us to do the special programs and run special collections. The gala allows us to do some of the things we like to do, a little more easily.

If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us.

We have no tolerance for fraud - not against FEMA, not against the American taxpayer, our partners and certainly not against the victims of these hurricanes. We are looking into this matter specifically and are supporting the Department of Justice in every way possible.

All a temporary restraining order gets is a 10-day order so all the parties involved can make their arguments, ... It can be extended to 20 days, and within that period the government can try to get a preliminary injunction.