I Don't Feel Passionately About Politics, I'm

People Who Disagree On Important Issues Don't Agree On The Facts.

We Ought To Realize By Now (see Korea, See Vietnam, See Afghanistan, See Iraq, See Iran) That Deploying The Us Military, Or Dealing Billions Of Dollars A Year Of Arms To Our Ally Of The Moment That Can Serve As A Regional Rival To Our Enemy Of The Moment, Is Not Always The Best Way To Make Threats Go Away. Our Military And Weapons Prowess Is A Fantastic And Perfectly Weighted Hammer, But That Doesn't Make Every International Problem A Nail.

It's Not Just The Small-potatoes Post-9/11 Homeland Spending That Feels A Little Off Mission. It's The Big-ticket Stuff Too.

I Like Explaining Things, And I Believe That You Can Do Very High-level Explanation On Basic Cable News Provided You Are Willing To Work Hard Enough To Be A Good Storyteller.

If Everybody Can Author Their Own Story, If Media Is Democratizing Because Everybody Can Make A Really Good-looking Website... That's The Way We Learn Now Instead Of In Books. It Means That More People Get To Tell Their Own Story In Their Own Terms Rather Than Having To Go Through Publishers And Editors And Executives.