When you compare him with his predecessor, who took the Vatican by storm and the world by storm, this is a much more low-key papacy to date.

It's the strongest bully pulpit in the world. What he says is noted by everyone. Everyone may not agree or follow what he says, but clearly he has the ear of the world — and that's a very privileged position.

When Bandon Dunes opened in 1999, it took the golf world by storm, but when Pacific Dunes opened in 2001, it wrested the attention from Bandon,

He knows very well the kind of claims he makes have political implications. He intends for them to have political implications. He wants to influence public policy in numerous places in the world and hopefully sway the powers that be to his side, especially on so-called social issues.

Virginia did a good job when we took a lead there in the second half of weathering that storm.

Stung again by this queen bee of the Loren clan, Marissa shook it off and retorted, “See, that’s just it. I don’t always love Jack Storm. But with all my heart I love Jack Loren.