I have to come to terms with the paternalism of American business. Companies are expected to take on so many social responsibilities which are the province of the state in Europe.
At the very beginning of my career, when I opened my business in Italy, I was also a ranked tennis player. I had won many tournaments. To be an athlete was my first choice. Second choice: designer. However! There was more money in being a designer at...
Start a part-time business and make as many mistakes as you possibly can while you still have your daytime job.
Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.
With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.
As children, many of us were taught never to talk to strangers. As parents and grandparents, our message must change with technology to include strangers on the Internet.
If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief.
On economic policy, my support of smaller government, lower taxes and economic reform is consistent with the mainstream of the Republican Party in the United States and with many Democrats as well.
There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises.
That's the definition of 'success' for the modern Democrat Party. As many people dependent on government as possible is the objective.
But our energy woes are in many ways the result of classic market failures that can only be addressed through collective action, and government is the vehicle for collective action in a democracy.
So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are.
Thanks to President Barack Obama, under the Affordable Care Act, millions more people will be eligible for health insurance, including many people with HIV.
However, many skilled medical volunteers are turned away because community health centers cannot afford to cover their additional medical liability insurance.
It gets so boring at home. After all, how many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch on television?
Trips to Mars, the Moon, even orbit, will require that we provide astrotourists with as many comforts from home as possible, including paying each other.
I always love going back to Los Angeles, because it was my home for 24 years, and I have many friends there.
Now, I know there are many Americans who say, 'Get out of Afghanistan. Bring 'em all home.' And there are others who say, 'Put in hundreds of thousands of more.'
It's heartbreaking that so many hundreds of millions of people around the world are desperate for the right to vote, but here in America people stay home on election day.
