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

Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees.

For any thinking person, it (perpetual happiness) is untenable. If you're a thinking person, your upbeat sometimes, said sometimes.

It's exciting to work with the kids so devoid of irony, so unguarded. And also terrifying

The fact is, most journalists I know are not particularly political. They move around a lot.

If you write something that gets a bad response, or someone commits candor or is off message, there are often consequences almost immediately when it appears in the paper or a magazine, that somebody gets called into the boss's office. And sometimes it can result in a loss of access for the reporter.

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.