Russia has a strategy of creating the conditions that give rise to corruption, then exploiting that corruption to its own benefit.

When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation.

As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.

I just can't sit still and meditate; that doesn't kind of work for me. I don't even know exactly what it means.

I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying - and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn't be able to get away with.

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.

Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn't mean that you can't do something else and also make it sell.