I don't get why the government is the only one that gets to print money.

Wikipedia is the first place I go when I'm looking for knowledge... or when I want to create some.

So, if I'm no cheerleader of sports, why write a chapter about it? Sports do have some positive impact on society. They solve problems, such as how to get inner-city kids to spend $175 on shoes. They serve as a backdrop for some of our most memorable commercials. And they remain the one and only relevant application of math. Not only that, but we have sports to thank for most of the last century's advances in manliness. The system starts in school, where gym class separates the men from the boys. Then those men are taught to be winners, or at least, losers that hate themselves.

Cynics always say no. Saying yes leads to knowledge. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes.

It's August, which means Congress is on recess and Mitch McConnell has shimmied back into the ocean to seek a mate.

I'm just very interested in what my guests have to say. You have to be vigilant to stay ignorant.

I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry.