I Joke That I Spent 38 Years

I Like To Think That As I Get Older I'm Getting Better At Spending Time With People Who Have Qualities That Make Them Worth Spending Time With.

In The 2000 Election, George W. Bush, Who Had Shirked Military Service, Succeeded In Presenting Himself As More Reliable On National Security Than Al Gore.

I Was Working In The Same Building As U.s. News & World Report, And I Banged On The Door And Said, "i'm Ready To Go." And They Said, "what's Your Combat Experience?" I Said, "does My Parents' Divorce Count? It Was Pretty Rough." Then They Said, "what's Your Reporting Experience?" And I Said, "i Covered The Women's Volleyball Team In College Exceptionally Well." The Guy Was Like, "you Are So Not Ready To Be A War Correspondent."

As Even A Democracy Like The United States Has Shown, Waging War Can Benefit A Leader In Several Ways: It Can Rally Citizens Around The Flag, It Can Distract Them From Bleak Economic Times, And It Can Enrich A Country's Elites.

There Is A Fair Amount Of Competition, Obviously, With Isil And The Terrorist Networks Around The World, China Also Posing A Different Kind Of Threat To The Rules-based Order.