A multitude of bees can tell the time of day, calculate the geometry of the sun's position, argue about the best location for the next swarm. Bees do a lot of close observing of other bees; maybe they know what follows stinging and do it anyway.

Mr. Breton didn't know about location, location, location.

With Greenspan next week, if there is any sniff that maybe they are coming close to the end of their tightening, then maybe these flattening trades are not going to pay off as much as they have already, and that is why people are being a little more cautious about the flattening trades.

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.

We're as clever as we think we are, but we'll be a lot cleverer when we learn to use not just one brain but to pool huge numbers of brains. We're at a level technologically where we can share information and think collectively about our problems. We do it in science all the time - there's no reason why we can't do it in other endeavors.

The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.