I Love America. I Think It's The

No Two Countries That Both Had Mcdonald's Had Fought A War Against Each Other Since Each Got Its Mcdonald's

If You Followed This Economic Crisis And You Do Not Think That The World Is Getting Flatter, You Are Not Paying Attention. We Saw The Entire Global Economy At One Time Acting Totally In Sync. The Real Truth Is The World Is Even Flatter Than I Thought. Our Mortgage Crisis Is Killing Deutsche Bank. You Still Don't Think The World Is Flat?

America Is The Greatest Engine Of Innovation That Has Ever Existed, And It Can't Be Duplicated Anytime Soon, Because It Is The Product Of A Multitude Of Factors: Extreme Freedom Of Thought, An Emphasis On Independent Thinking, A Steady Immigration Of New Minds, A Risk-taking Culture With No Stigma Attached To Trying And Failing, A Noncorrupt Bureaucracy, And Financial Markets And A Venture Capital System That Are Unrivaled At Taking New Ideas And Turning Them Into Global Products.

I Could See America Playing A Slightly Smaller Role In The Middle East But I Would Not See Us Abandoning The Region And Just Say "oh," Like I Said, "china, Russia, It's Yours Now. Global Focus Is Just On Our Hemisphere." I Don't See That Happening.

Almost All The Students Who Make It To Caltech, One Of The Best Scientific Universities In The World, Come From Public Schools. So It Can Be Done.