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

Reaching out to any fellow ghetto kids is an act he puts in the same category as doing drugs: the initial rush of warmth and euphoria puts you on a path to ruin.

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.

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

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

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

Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence.