If the Ivy League was the breeding ground for the elites of the American Century, Stanford is the farm system for Silicon Valley.

There are those who believe a liberal or a conservative bias permeates the media. I don't. The operative press bias is one that favors conflict, not ideology, and it is lashed by a market-driven bias to boost ratings or circulation with more wow stories, more sizzle.

Zuckerberg had the good sense to know both his own limitations and interests. He wanted an executive who would free him to do what he loved: code, and enhancing the Facebook platform.

Passion without focus can lead you astray.

Objective is the wrong word. Rather, it's fairness. Objectivity is a false God. Instead we should strive for fairness and transparency.

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

The entertainment industry as a whole has given more thought to the pollution of rivers than it has to the pollution of minds.