This was absolutely a game that we should have won.

The positive from this week is the aggressiveness. We'll continue to work on all parts of the game.

We need to find ways to get excited about playing the game.

I don't understand why we didn't come out with some energy, having built a 10-point lead on the road. I don't understand why no one's fired up on this team. We needed someone to be a spark plug, but we didn't have anyone to play that role on Tuesday and it caught up to us in the second half.

The cognitive skills prized by the American educational establishment and measured by achievement tests are only part of what is required for success in life. Character skills are equally important determinants of wages, education, health and many other significant aspects of flourishing lives.

Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the short and the long run.