I make a joke that I'm the Internet curmudgeon, but 'wary' is a good way to put it.

My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem how do you approach the problem?

Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.

I'm a Capricorn, actually.

Twitter and Facebook are brilliant- tools, the journalistic uses of which are still being plumbed. They are great for disseminating interesting material. They are useful for gathering information, including from places that are inaccessible.

I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.

Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.