I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.
For African societies, no issue looms larger than employment. Only vibrant entrepreneurship and thriving small businesses can hope to provide the millions of jobs that are needed.
You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another. They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.
Once you start to look into the guts of climate change you find that just about every scientific institution in the world is conducting research on the issue.
I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.
I've never had body issues, I've never had an eating disorder. I've never had to go on a diet and that's because of Weight Watchers.
To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.
One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries.
Financial literacy is an issue that should command our attention because many Americans are not adequately organizing finances for their education, healthcare and retirement.
There are five issues that make a fist of a hand that can knock America out cold. They're lack of jobs, obesity, diabetes, homelessness, and lack of good education.
You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition.
I tell my environmental friends that they have won. Every issue we look at from an energy perspective is now also looked at from an environmental perspective.
We now see numerous examples of brands working together to address issues such as environmental degradations, climate control, pollution, poverty and disease.
If God is sovereign, then it is impossible for civil government to be neutral on issues of law. All law is based in some religious code.
There's a great deal of difference between thinking reflectively about moral issues and achieving higher standards of ethical behavior.
I met Barack Obama, I read his book, I like him a great deal. I disagree with him on very fundamental issues.
The human overpopulation issue is the topic I see as the most vital to solve if our children and grandchildren are to have a good quality of life.
But, you know, the issues of humanity and what is fair treatment and good treatment of a fellow human being should not really be based on a personal sense of right and wrong or judgment.
I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good!
Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.
People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.
