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.

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

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

You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.

A good spicy challenge strikes a balance between flavour and fear.

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.

Laws are made by the old, exceptions by the young.

Heart disease has changed my eating habits, but I still cook bacon for the smell.

You sure you don’t want to kiss me good-bye, baby?

All of life is a foreign country.

One of the best possible perspectives from which to tell a story is that of a ghost, someone who is dead but can still witness.

I believe in having a vision for the future but living each day at a time.

Experiment is folly when experience shows the way.