I've learned that I need to spell out, even in cases seemingly so blatant, that in fact I am not taking this at face value and am being 'sarcastic.

I am explicitly not opening the giant can of worms that is the ongoing current discussion of patent, copyright, and trademark reform.

No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job.

For a decade or more after the Vietnam war, the people who had guided the U.S. to disaster decently shrank from the public stage.

In a time of transition for journalism all around the world, it's reassuring to know that some of the old ways endure.

Make the important interesting.

A rigid America is also weak and vulnerable, because it sacrifices its unique strength: the energy of people who think they can always make something new of their lives.