I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.
We are creating a culture where content creators are a new servant class, and paid as such.
Because I was starting out in my 20's. I wanted to do it on my own. I didn't want to use my dad or have people say I was using him.
I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing.
My dad and I had a real meeting of the minds. We loved to talk about music, politics, and art. He loved children. The thing I missed most about my dad when he died was that this person who really gets who I am at the core was gone.
For the first time in 23 years I'm enjoying the process of supporting it, of going out and doing shows, and doing the interviews, and doing everything.
If I ignore my work, I start having anxiety attacks.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - two bloated and corrupt government-sponsored programs - contributed heavily to the crisis. In order to prevent another crisis, we need to do what we should have done years ago - reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We also need to repeal Dodd-Frank, the Democrats' failed solution. Under Dodd-Frank, 10 banks too big to fail have become five banks too big to fail. Thousands of community banks have gone out of business.
The soldiers kill suicide bombers. Think about that. When a guys whole thing in life is to kill himself and you get there first. . . you are halling ass my friends.
No one's perfect. And we've all made our mistakes and you just have to live with them and try to not make them again.
Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want.