President Barack Obama started by accepting the military's counterinsurgency, but came out of Afghanistan having decided that counterinsurgency actually doesn't work.

My time in the Obama administration turned out to be a deeply disillusioning experience.

What you have in Iraq is not just a society coming apart like Yugoslavia or Congo. What is at stake is not just Iraq's stability but the balance of power in the region.

I want to live. I want to live life with all it's emotions, all it's experiences, I don't want to miss anyhting. But I feel like I will.

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.

Much of romantic relationships today have to do when the people are not in the same room. Whether it’s texting or emailing or Facebooking, there’s a kind of distance between the participants.

Flexibility is the key to stability.

Doing a thing call the Hillbilly Rock, some say it came from Elvis down in Tennessee.

It does no good to run. And it does no good to hide. But I know what it's like. Your brain shuts down, and you follow your instincts. Or, at least, you.

See how these Christians love one another.

Talent is perhaps nothing other than successfully sublimated rage.

Two rules: 1. Preserve the principal 2. When in doubt, see Rule #1.