There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense. . . a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist
I think there's a misconception that I'm opposed to social media.
Everything is accessible to everyone all the time, and I think there are wondrous things to treasure with what the Internet has made available to journalists. But I think it's also had some effects that are less pleasant. It has chipped away at a sense of privacy and secrecy.
One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem how do you approach the problem?
The queen of aggregation is, of course, Arianna Huffington, who has discovered that if you take celebrity gossip, adorable kitten videos, posts from unpaid bloggers and news reports from other publications, array them on your Web site and add a left-wing soundtrack, millions of people will come.
It's a considerable source of tragedy in the world that people stay in powerful jobs long past the point where they're a spent force.
Only those who find life, find treasures.
I'm no politician but I do feel that a lot of damage was done because of misguided principals and America is still suffering from it.
You want to think about certain styles of music as being reflective of a certain culture or a certain time or a point of view. You don't want it to be just an intellectual exercise.
Every time you try to quit smoking you are actually getting closer to staying smoke free