I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill -- it finds its way.

They say that 'history is an argument without end.' In Thompson's skillful hands, this momentous argument between two old friends on the most critical issue of the last century is thus history at its best. Thompson's judicious and delicious depiction of Nitze and Kennan will fascinate anyone who cares about the Cold War or the ways that human beings shape the future.

I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill -- it finds its way.

Unless the digital divide is narrowed soon, the United States may be headed to the class warfare of a century ago, the last time the economy changed so fundamentally. It won't be pleasant.

If Franz Kafka were alive today he'd be writing about customer service.

Every patient reacts a little differently, both biologically and psychologically. The only constant in cancer is inconstancy; the only certainty is a future of uncertainty, a truism for all of modern life but one made vivid by life-threatening illness.

The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting is expensive.