All the research shows that the presence of that phone will do two things to the conversation. It will make the conversation go to trivial matters, and it will decrease the amount of empathy that the two people in the conversation feel toward each other. That phone is a signal that either of us can put our attention elsewhere.

I think that, from Vaclav Havel own experience, he knew if we all paid attention to what was going on, the chances were that even the most horrible dictators wouldn't execute people.

Politics is in my blood. I'd love to be involved in 2008, maybe even '06.

I think one can see the [Donald] Trump program as if it were that element of the bailout of 2009 writ very large, and now extended out towards both fossil fuels, and, on the other hand, the infrastructure program, which is such a key element of the spending side of the Trump program.

For the past 21 years, I've been privileged to be part of an amazing organization called the International Women's Media Foundation.

AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

I have no doubt about it. I think this is a part of the nature of man, a desire for freedom, for dignified life.