If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.

I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.

I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.

But now, we are becoming suspicious of the very things we have long celebrated - free markets, trade, immigration, and technological change. And all this is happening when the tide is going our way. Just as the world is opening up, America is closing down.

I'm largely in favor of financial reform.