We decided that we wanted to keep working. We wanted to be for something. We wanted to use our energy instead of being depressed.

We wanted it to be politically viable.

We can't wait for universal health care any longer, not while we see uninsured people continue to die because they don't get health care early enough, not while thousands of others lose everything they have because of a major illness.

Our members are feeling higher energy prices at the gas pump and in their travel costs. It's absolutely impacting their bottom line. At the same time, we're watching a growing deficit, and nobody knows going what to make of it.

Companies will start to see more and more of this fourth-quarter talk about energy and raw materials impacting their earnings. Earnings and the economy may slow down in the third and fourth quarters.

was just very arresting as an acting partner, and very engaging because of his energy and his focus, which was really quite fierce when he was in a scene.