People Think They Have To Be Ambitious.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Looks In The Mirror And Sees A Playboy Of The Old School. And Men Such As Dominique Strauss-kahn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, And Charlie Sheen No Doubt Look At Berlusconi And Think, 'role Model!' Women, Of Course, Know Otherwise. They See Him As An Aging, Pathetic Buffoon.

Former Vice President Al Gore Has Devoted His Post-administration Years To A Mission To Tell The World About Global Warming. It's Funny, But In His Civilian Life Gore Has Discovered The Voice That Voters Had Trouble Hearing When He Ran For President In 2000. The Voice He Has Found Is Clear, Impassioned, And Moving.

People Think They Have To Be Ambitious. But At A Certain Age, All You Want Is To Be Around Nice, Decent People.

To A Young Kid Growing Up In Canada, America Seemed To Be Crazy About The Future; Dazzled By It.

In 2004, I Wrote 'what We've Lost,' A Book About The Bush Administration. It Sold Only Reasonably Well, In Part, I Think, Because The Book Was A Horrific Downer, An Unrelenting Account Of The Administration's Actions, Bungles, Deceptions, Half-truths, Untruths, And Downright Corruptions.