When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.

The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home.

In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.

I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.

The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.