1.   Although such things still matter, a chief executive now has to think for himself.

2.   And fortunate that this season still matters.

3.   And what he says still matters.

4.   But they still matter.

5.   Does it still matter who wins?

6.   Does it still matter between sort-of-friends?

7.   Forty-six years in show business and Carnegie Hall still matters?

8.   Iowa is supposed to be a place where phones, friends and years of visiting voters in their living rooms still matter.

9.   It is political club members, incumbents and civic leaders, all of whom still matter in politics.

10.   Laws and regulations protecting workers, water and trees still matter.