What is true for book publishing is true for civilization: the books that survive the test of time are humanity's backlist, our collective memory.
There was no equal pay law when I started working. I was no different to any other woman in any other job at the time.
Dumbo... makes me cry. Every single time and in the exact same spot. I just have a special affection for Dumbo.
I've often been accused of spending more time and energy criticizing my fellow Democrats than criticizing Republicans.
We have an economy that tells us that it is cheaper to destroy Earth in real time rather than renew, restore, and sustain it.
Each time there is a conflict between Israel and Gaza, accusations fly over who started it, each side blaming the other.
There is a broad movement that has been holding companies accountable on human rights for a long time.
Every time some spoiled European soccer millionaire complains about the blaring vuvuzelas, I want them to blare louder.
I have three children, each of whom is having an idyllic childhood, probably because I have been at the office the entire time.
Most people I know that have work that is very meaningful to them pay the price of having to work all the time.
Letters had always defeated distance, but with the coming of e-mail, time seemed to be vanquished as well.
You have to let the market reward effort and skill. But a system in which inequality of incomes constantly increases over time is worrisome.
The problem with wanting the tax code to be 'simpler, fairer,' and 'pro-growth' is that it's impossible to achieve all three at the same time.
In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of all that is revered.
The truth is I was nicely brought up and taught not to show my rage even though it was building up inside.
I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on.
The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.
Federal laws against kickbacks bar pharmaceutical companies from directly giving money to patients for co-payments on the drugs they make.
Presidential money is almost like the housing bubble. It's growing at such an astronomical rate, you think it can't get any bigger.
Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine. It's a commodity now, just like pork bellies.
By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.
