Who besides guys like me are part of the reality-based community?

Every person has their pantheon - the Bible, Hollywood, Shakespeare - their way of understanding the world.

I think that [Barack Obama] does say something that's - that is telling on that score, when he talks about the [George W.] Bush tax cuts and the swap he makes after the midterm elections, which is he doesn't agree with the Bush tax cuts.

There are many instances in which those at the uppermost levels of the White House were feeling the President [Barack Obama] was not fully informed of the flow of events and, in some cases, where policies were going in the White House.

Rapid change, accommodating it can be one of the great human capacities. But living through it can be the stuff of stress and often suffering.

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.

These were lobbyists—many of them compensated quite handsomely not to react as human beings.