We need reforms that will enable us to thrive in a dynamic, open, world market and not seek to shut our borders and go down a path proven to lead to reduced national wealth and overall lower standards of living.

We have to acknowledge that individuals can face transition costs when trade barriers come down.

There's is no immediate danger of large revenue loss for traditional retailers or state tax authorities. Online retail sales this year (1998) are expected to top $2.3 billion - a mere snowflake in the overall blizzard of retail activity.

I am thrilled at the number of Christians who are interested in coming with us. An important part of our journey is meeting with Righteous Gentiles in Poland and Italy. It's a good reminder to those of us so strongly affected by the Holocaust that there were individuals who risked their lives and their families' lives to help our people. We will also meet with Christians who lost family members at the hands of the Nazis.

All five teams we've played against have run a lot of blitzes, and we're pretty sure Missouri will blitz us, too.

Saturday's game was a little sloppy offensively, but our pitchers picked us up. Today, our pitching was sloppy, but the bats picked us up.