Al-Qaeda has a kind of loose, almost entrepreneurial structure with lots of cells in various countries that are semi-independent.

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.

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

[Barack Obama] says that he thinks America felt better, more confident, because Washington was not simply in a gridlock, in stasis, where nothing was being done. And he talks about that as a positive.

A little known area often defines the fortunes of leaders -- management skills.

If you happened to be born on third base, you didn't rub it in the face of the guy who wasn't even born in the stadium. Self-interest was generally checked at the door with your coat and hat.