Hope And Optimism Aren't Just Attitudes, They

When Widely Followed Public Figures Feel Free To Say Anything, Without Any Fact-checking, It Becomes Impossible For A Democracy To Think Intelligently About Big Issues.

I Could See America Playing A Slightly Smaller Role In The Middle East But I Would Not See Us Abandoning The Region And Just Say "oh," Like I Said, "china, Russia, It's Yours Now. Global Focus Is Just On Our Hemisphere." I Don't See That Happening.

Rock Stars Get Room Keys, I Get Business Cards. Wherever I Go I Meet Innovators Of Wind Power Equipment, Solar Energy Operators.

The Ideal Country In A Flat World Is The One With No Natural Resources, Because Countries With No Natural Resources Tend To Dig Inside Themselves. They Try To Tap The Energy, Entrepreneurship, Creativity, And Intelligence Of Their Own People-men And Women-rather Than Drill An Oil Well.

You Take One Bomber And Deploy Him In Baghdad, And Another Is Manufactured In Riyadh The Next Day. It's Exactly Like When You Take The Toy Off The Shelf At Wal-mart And Another Is Made In Shen Zhen The Next Day.