It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient more transparent and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.
I have always been very obsessed with time. Time's passage makes us all very vulnerable and because we all experience it in our own way it can make us feel very alone.
Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove...
My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to...
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world then it has had...
In the past poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect...
Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena using...
An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry...
Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading...
No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results?
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And...
I have two ideas for novels at the moment neither of them all that...
Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people...
I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have...
I can support going in after Saddam Hussein but I want to make sure I don't...
I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday let alone 10 years ago.