The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai.

Culture follows power.

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.

It is likely that human beings will find fulfillment and will be rewarded for the same qualities that they have been rewarded for for 5,000 years. And that is intelligence, hard work, honesty, a sense of character, loyalty to family and friends, and above all, love and faith. If you are trying to decide what you should do, those are the things you should do. And you know it.

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

In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.

Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.