I'm A True Native Of The Bay

The Real Secret About Diplomats Is That We're Trained To Say Something, When There Is Nothing To Say, And To Say Nothing When There Is Something To Say.

In Any Walk Of Life, A Positive, Upbeat Outlook Trumps Any Adversarial Act. Revenge Is Counterproductive. Unproductive Emotions Limit One's Ability To Move Forward, To Focus, To Think Positively, To Act Creatively.

This Is A Time When The United States Should Be Standing Tall. There Is No Other Leader In The World Today. We Shouldn't Be Approaching Conflicts As A Team Sport. We Either Get In An We Lead And We Do A Good Job, Or You Don't Get In At All.

I Come From A Long Line Of Saloon Keepers And Proselytizers, And I Draw From Both Sides.

Our Political Debates Today Are Corrosive And Not Reflective Of The Belief That Abe Lincoln Espoused Back In His Day: That We Are A Great Country Because We Are A Good Country.