We started talking and I realized that he doesn't use evidence the way I do. He goes through life looking for things that fit his preconceived ideas of the truth.

I think most students come in knowing what to expect. They've heard about the class and about me.

When you don't know anything about it and read a section of this book, you think, 'wow, I didn't know that.' But when you have someone who knows more about it and can point out flaws in evidence, after awhile you learn how to do it yourself.

When you look at the volume -- I think in '95, when they had the last slide, they were talking about 600,000 tons of sand and mud coming down -- there's really nothing that can stop something of that magnitude. It's almost completely a sheer cliff.

I think we need a contract. They're still talking, so that's good.

I think reporters have been very aggressive in talking to federal officials about why the response has been so slow and disorganized.