The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG was in the fall of 2009 - only this time, it's not just one giant insurance company (and its banking counterparties) facing disaster, it's tens of millions of hardworking Americans who played by the rules.

I've always been progressive on social issues: pro-choice, pro-gun control, and pro-gay rights - even when I was a Republican. The big difference is that I once believed the private sector would address America's social problems. But then I saw firsthand that this wasn't going to happen.

I always try to practice what I preach. I meditate for fifteen minutes every day and do yoga several times a week.

Hollywood has gone from the capital of conspicuous consumption to the cutting edge of conspicuous conservation.

You can do not just twice as much but 200 times as much when you have a good partner.

I come from a Greek household. My mother wouldn't let the FedEx man come in without eating.

Failure is an integral part of life and that perfection is not of this world.