Father's hot-button issue is donor intent. Foundations are too often taken in a radical direction.

We really don’t have concerns. We've always had a partnership with Microsoft that allows us to understand their direction, and when it comes to broad, horizontal, basic services markets, they're great at it, ... If I want to be a partner of Microsoft, I can't have angst around Microsoft going after these broad, horizontal services.

We talk about the Dubai ports acquisition, capital punishment and current events of the city, (such as) the pension situation – items that have many sides to them. We share everybody's thoughts, and we all learn from that.

They're mostly there to tell jokes. In our group we get involved in current events and have programs.

It's a treasured moment to do an open discussion with a small group of men. They get to know each other, and they get to feel comfortable with each other.

She had a certain peace.