The party of ideas has become the party of Beavis and Butthead.

Democracy or breakdown in Syria would change the whole Middle East overnight.

The trouble with poverty, as an issue, is that it has basically exhausted the patience of the general public.

On the political as on the economic front it's important not to fall into the "not as bad as" trap. High unemployment isn't O.K. just because it hasn't hit 1933 levels; ominous political trends shouldn’t be dismissed just because there’s no Hitler in sight.

The important thing to understand is that the case for pollution control isn't based on some kind of aesthetic distaste for industrial society. Pollution does real, measurable damage, especially to human health.

I don't think I've had any great success in predicting politics or social change, nor have I really tried.

When the Fed decides that inflation is too high, they have the tools, and they've shown historically that they have the will, to bring it down. And, it might be painful.