At the end of the day, natural-gas peakers sit back there and get financed so that the Midwest corridor can have a huge [period] of four to five days of no wind. The peakers are running big time to make that up, because that is the swing piece that can always be turned on.

With a public library card in your hand, you have access to the Internet and a world of opportunities.

I appoint the laziest person to do the hardest job as they'll find the easiest way to do it

In the next 15 years, we can halve childhood deaths. That's doable.

I'm quite worried about the fiscal imbalances that we've got and what that might mean in terms of financial crisis ahead.

The most interesting biofuel efforts avoid using land that's expensive and has high opportunity costs. They do this by getting onto other types of land, or taking advantage of byproducts that aren't used in the food chain today, or by intercropping.

In my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation's future.