In any case, to the extent that the media is dedicated to exposing lies and reporting the truth, it is indeed the opposition party to people like Bannon.

Rising inequality is a cultural and economic cancer on a lot of different levels.

[Ronald]Reagan and[George W.] Bush were far more radical than other presidents.

There's no liberal equivalent of Donald Trump.

The ability to focus on a single task for an extended period is a talent that’s underappreciated - especially by extroverts, who continue to exercise an unhealthy hegemony over most workplaces.

Smart hiring managers in the modern world should be asking, “How long can you concentrate on a task before you have to take a break?” I wonder how many of them do?

If you don’t want your followers to give up in disgust, your inspiration needs to be in the service of goals that are at least attainable.

The younger you are, the more likely you are to have grown up in a (mostly) lead-free environment, and that means you're less likely to have committed a felony or gotten sent to prison.

Because prison sentences in America tend to be long, de-incarceration lags falling crime rates by a fair amount, but eventually it does catch up.

Black crime rates fell more steeply than white crime rates, and now black incarceration is falling more steeply than white incarceration.

Of course the system can be changed. Why would I bother spending 14 years of my life blogging if I didn't believe that?

Avner had lived too long and become too canny to claim the crown of Israel for himself.

Dating is really hard because everyone puts on a front. It's really difficult to see who is who, so it is important to be yourself.

Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.

God does not care what good you did, but why you did it. He does not grade the fruit but probes the core and tests the root.

It was the hour of morning, when the sun mounts with those stars that shone with it when God's own love first set in motion those fair things

It is so sad how hatred is a seed we planted in the hearts of kids. We are going to be working for years and years to try and fix this.

He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.

I learned from my mistakes, I was able to accept the things that were my fault and to be able to grow from that. You have to be able to see growth from your experiences and I've done that.

True success is not a project but a journey.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."