If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.
The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the world is in China, the largest oil refinery is in India, the largest investment fund in the world is in Abu Dhabi, the largest Ferris wheel in the world is in Singapore.
Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.
I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.
Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
It all looks American because America, the country that invented mass capitalism and consumerism, got there first. the impact of mass capitalism is now universal.