If you're a soldier or marine in an Arab country, Islam is the solution. And you need to show respect.

I'm thankful that we live in a crassly commercial, polarized culture, so media jackals like me have a lot of work to do.

I learned I'm not a science writer. I'm not very good at describing how something is happening. I try to describe "So What?"

I think actually in any party it's a sign of general health to have different views, and especially on the subject of trade.

I could tell you that when you have trouble making up your mind about something, tell yourself you'll settle it by flipping a coin. But don't go by how the coin flips; go by your emotional reaction to the coin flip. Are you happy or sad it came up heads or tails?

Big Brother is not the only danger facing the country. Another is the rising tide of distrust, the corrosive spread of cynicism, the fraying of the social fabric and the rise of people who are so individualistic in their outlook that they have no real understanding of how to knit others together and look after the common good.

It’s easy to see why politicians would be drawn to the populist pose. First, it makes everything so simple. The economic crisis was caused by a complex web of factors, including global imbalances caused by the rise of China. But with the populist narrative, you can just blame Goldman Sachs.