The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.

Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.

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.

I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.

California has often led the country, indeed the world, in the technology, consumption, trends, lifestyles, and of course, mass entertainment. It is where the car found its earliest and fullest expression, where suburbs blossomed, where going to gym replaced going to church, where forces that lead so many to assume that direct democracy is the wave of the future - declining political parties, telecommuting, new technology, the internet generation 0 are all most well developed in this vast land.

Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.

It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather.