Basically, success the way we've defined it is no longer sustainable. It's no longer sustainable for human beings or for societies.

Being fearless doesn't mean living a life devoid of fear, but living a life in which our fears don't hold us back

That's what I try to do as a writer and as the editor of HuffPost: cover important stories in an obsessive way that enables them to break through the din of our multimedia universe.

Other people need a full night's sleep in order to function and be healthy and alert. But I'm different.

America being behind France in upward mobility is a little bit like France being behind America in Croissants and Afternoon Sex.

we'll have to reclaim the ward 'taxes.' Why has it become a synonym for 'evil'? I understand that no one likes to pay good money for nothing. But fire and police protection aren't nothing. ... Roads, bridges, airports, and mass transit systems aren't nothing. National parks, clean air, and clear water aren't nothing. A safe food supply, functioning schools with well-trained teachers, and well-equipped hospitals aren't vaporous apparitions either.

The harder you try to suppress the truth, the more inevitable it is that it will find a way to come out.