I think there's a misconception that I'm opposed to social media.

I don't have dating tips.

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

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.

There is something decidedly faux about the camaraderie of Facebook, something illusory about the connectedness of Twitter.

You don't want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That's probably self-defeating.

I'm convinced that the most important division in human affairs is probably not the one between left and right, liberal and conservative. It's the one between zealotry and understanding, between absolute conviction and compromise, between preachers and politicians.