Here I am, where I ought to be. A writer must have a place where he or she feels this, a place to love and be irritated with.
Twenty years ago, you'd see guys busting rackets in locker rooms. Today they do it in their hotel rooms.
The amount of U.S. debt held by countries such as China and Japan is at a historic high, with foreign investors holding half of America's publicly held debt. This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests.

