I Have To Always Remember, Writing Is

Speaking To The Subject Is The Most Overrated Thing In Journalism.

The Question For So Many Is The Quality Of Work, The Future Of Work Under Globalism And De-industrialization. A Typical Example Is A Person Who Had A Good Factory Job Making 80,000 Dollars, With Health Insurance, Who Was Able To Send His Kids Possibly To College And Then He Or She Suddenly Loses That Job Because The Factory Closed Down. And Now That Same Person Is Bagging Groceries At Walmart And Making $35,000.

There Is No Single Field Of Activity, Not A Single Institution, Free Of The Most Brutal Sort Of Corruption. Russia Has Bred A World-class Mafia.

Being Nervous, First Of All, Puts You At A Distinct Disadvantage, And If You've Really Prepared And If You've Really Thought Through How To Start The Conversation, Things Start To Fall Into Place. There Are Other Things I Get Nervous About, But Not That.

I'm Interested In Russian Language, Culture, History... And I Lived There, For Four Years, As A Reporter For The Washington Post And Have Visited Many Times Since.