With work increasingly invisible, it's much harder to grasp the human effects, the social contours, of the Internet economy.
WikiLeaks is not a news organization; it is a cell of activists that is releasing information designed to embarrass people in power.
What can one man do even if he is the president?
We have at least learned that the offspring of presidents don't necessarily make good politicians themselves.
The Olympics are never just about sports.
The best example of Obama's success in foreign policy is Iran.
Surrendering to jargon is a sign of journalism's dismal lack of self-confidence in the optimized age of content-management systems.
Politics demands certain skills honed by experience, just as journalism does, just as acting does.
Pay attention to other people's nightmares because they might be contagious.
Partly what I'm writing about is the way taboos get toppled.
On foreign policy, Obama has talked softly and carried a big stick.
Obama is the splendid fruit of a meritocracy.
Millions don't rally to the banner of Uncertainty.
Mark Zuckerberg has started an advocacy group for immigration reform.
Last year, in the year 2008, it just became normal to watch great American institutions crumble, almost dissolve like sand.
I am not a pure fiction writer, nor am I an academic writer. Somehow I ended up in this blended area of literary journalism.
Everything seems set up for success in digital journalism - money, eyeballs, software, brands.
Americans almost never elect presidents on the basis of foreign policy.
Amazon's identity and goals are never clear and always fluid, which makes the company destabilizing and intimidating.
How a candidate runs shapes how a president governs.
Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.
A great writer requires a great biography, and a great biography must tell the truth.
I need to protect myself from my own addictive impulse.
It's a cliche that the Senate is broken, and like most cliches, it's true.
