The defendant has earned and deserves a very, very severe sentence that is designed to imprison him for the rest of his life,

It only magnified the low sentence given the defendant in the case. While prosecutors may have been personally gratified by it, it only tended to highlight the fact that this was not a very successful prosecution.

The kid deserves to play some quality minutes and not just mop-up duty. He's earned that right. But at quarterback it's a lot different than other positions. You have continuity issues. You don't want to do something that negatively will affect him.

The $64,000 question: nobody knows where the rest of the funding is going to come from.

Fill the bucket with the cash that you'll need for the next two to three years and keep the rest of your portfolio invested for growth. Every six to 12 months, rebalance by trimming from the best-performing assets to replenish the cash.

That set the tone for the rest of the round. I finally felt like I was going forward instead of backward.