Ads shouldn't be in people's way.

By 2007, we were finally living in a culture where people get what networks are and what technology can do to connect people.

I think there's an important difference between the newspaper and a magazine. I view the role of the magazine as providing the deeper reporting and the thoughtful analysis to help you make sense of why that news is important.

Use your own experiences and pain points to identify an opportunity. Be arrogant thinking you can do it better than others.

Five to 10 years from now, if not sooner, the vast majority of 'The New Republic' readers are likely to be reading it on a tablet.

I was on significant financial aid, an only child, with parents who didn't have much living in North Carolina.

What's really interesting is the introduction of the tablet - not just the iPad, but the Nook and the Kindle. While they aren't going to solve all of our problems, I do think they make it easier for people to pause, linger, read and really process very important ideas.