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.

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

You try to hold on to some notions you might have had before, that this will somehow work out, this is a spell that will lift or be broken.

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

I think that there's a lot of anxiety out there in people wanting their children to be part of the mainstream, to achieve based on the well-worn yardsticks.

The President [Barack Obama] is very focused on [healthcare]. He, of course, is also writing this speech at high speed. And right coming up until the speech, he is convinced that a full plan, letter and verse of what the administration wants, will be released.

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