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

I am about as pro-Google a person as you're going to find in the media. I've had friends at all levels of the company since its founding, and still do now.

Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.

Everyone moans about the collapsing U.S. infrastructure.

Successful societies-those which progress economically and politically and can control the terms on which they deal with the outside world-succeed because they have found ways to match individual self-interest to the collective good.

It is not widely known that, ever since the end of the Korean War, the United States has spent essentially the same amount of money on defense, in real terms, every single year.

Contrary to what you might think, China's economy is relatively less efficient, and more polluting, than those of rich countries.