Raising the window and letting him face the consequences of his action and letting him hear those birds that were hungry was a lot tougher than getting a whipping.

We have often noted the Fed tries to choose a policy action that minimizes the consequences of a mistake. Which would have the least negative consequences today: easing too much and setting off an excessively strong rebound or easing too little and allowing the economy to slip back into recession? We would vote for the former.

Andy always seems to have the right approach, most of the time, and allows Opie to make his own choices, which God does for us.

I think the Andy Griffith stories all have a beautiful moral that we can apply to life, and I wish we had more TV programs like that now.

This keeps an upper hand on what your kids are doing. There are consequences to every action.

Words here are no substitute for action in the region, ... encourages extremism and diverts attention from the task at hand.