If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.

Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.

I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.

I think that liberals need to grow up.

The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.

If you listen to the political discourse in America today, you would think that all our problems have been caused by the Mexicans of the Chinese or the Muslims. The reality is that we have caused our own problems. Whatever has happened has been caused by isolating ourselves or blaming others.

I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.