When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is read more

When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual read more

I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul.

I think I've become numb to that over the last 15 years,

I think I've become numb to that over the last 15 years,

Others, like many of us, like ""the good Germans"" of another era, turn our heads away from this human rights read more

Others, like many of us, like ""the good Germans"" of another era, turn our heads away from this human rights catastrophe against, in turn, another 'despised' minority: the Palestinian people. Their resistance to brutal ethnic cleansing is, ironically, labeled ""anti-Semitic.""

The biggest concern among employers is figuring out how they'll know if you're productive.

The biggest concern among employers is figuring out how they'll know if you're productive.

Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we read more

Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we can't get it together [in the face of Hurricane Katrina], ... So imagine a country that's very poor, with a clunky bureaucracy. The ability to coordinate and manage this sort of crisis, especially in a country with corruption, high levels of alcoholism and a top-heavy bureaucracy, is challenging.

It's a lot of information to go through, but what the employees understand is that someone with one type of read more

It's a lot of information to go through, but what the employees understand is that someone with one type of compulsive behavior may be predisposed to other addictive problems. Over time, in working with Harvard, we hope to understand what sort of programs and treatments work.

For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities -- that's huge progress. We read more

For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities -- that's huge progress. We sit now right on the cusp of losing that if we're not careful.