People Have Different Ways Of Interpreting History.

First Of All, I Think It's Odd That People Who Cover Politics Wouldn't Have Any Political Views.

Shakespeare's Plays Often Turn On The Idea Of Fate, As Much Drama Does. What Makes Them So Tragic Is The Gap Between What His Characters Might Like To Accomplish And What Fate Provides Them.

One Of The Pervasive Risks That We Face In The Information Age, As I Wrote In The Introduction, Is That Even If The Amount Of Knowledge In The World Is Increasing, The Gap Between What We Know And What We Think We Know May Be Widening.

Caesar Recognized The Omens, But He Didn't Believe They Applied To Him.

The Public Is Even More Pessimistic About The Economy Than Even The Most Bearish Economists Are.