Tom Phillips Quotes

Salem is lucky because we don`t have any significant high rises. Low-rise buildings seem to fair better. We seem to have lots of single- and two-story buildings, which all fare well. Most of the structures in the city are framed with wood, which seem resistant in the event of an earthquake. Older, steel buildings tend to fall apart quicker. Wood is flexible. Salem would probably fare very well, other than the downtown area.

There`s a big underlying problem with judges being identified with political parties, ... This case is a good reflection of the loss of public confidence that can lead to.

These are all make-weight arguments, because somebody is mad about something,

for any bad reason. The car is there and the company is turning around.

To me, the more difficult question is just the daily erosion of public confidence when judges become too politicized,

You can`t escape a component of your life, but you can put it in a place where you`re OK with it. You have to be in control (of your life). Not just let tragedy take you down. Good things will happen for you again.

It`s been a wonderful trip.

I`ll respect him if he pulls his life together.

People I know in the administration have a very high regard for Nathan,

In this particular case, since we`re only talking about contributions, it might not be a matter of who is nonpartisan enough, but who is poor enough not to have made any contributions,