Culture follows power.

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.

Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned and pressed down forever. It is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order.

Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.

The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, lets be honest.