Going to college is neither necessary nor sufficient to be well-educated.

Democracy is an experimental system. I like it when states try out new ideas. I think we ought to expand, not contract, our federalist system.

The only way to thrive is to innovate. It's that simple.

It would be really great if I discovered a cure for cancer, but it would only be a little bit less great if my neighbor did. So I am pretty happy when my neighbor becomes wealthier, better educated and more innovative. I feel the same about China and India.

Well-roundedness comes not from sitting in a classroom but from experiencing the larger world.

I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think this attitude verges on the immoral, like thinking that slavery is an unalterable facet of the human condition so why bother doing anything about it?

As far as wages are concerned, the only difference between immigration and birth is that birth takes longer.