My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem; how do you approach the problem?

It’s a considerable source of tragedy in the world that people stay in powerful jobs long past the point where they’re a spent force.

I think there’s a misconception that I’m opposed to social media.

I’m convinced that the most important division in human affairs is probably not the one between left and right, liberal and conservative. It’s the one between zealotry and understanding, between absolute conviction and compromise, between preachers and politicians.

I don’t have dating tips.

I think there’s been a decline in the public’s access to what’s being done with their tax dollars, what’s being done in their name. I hope that that will be repaired.

I don’t think anyone at Fox believes they are producing even-handed, impartial coverage.

You don’t want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That’s probably self-defeating.

I don’t think fairness means that you give equal time to every point of view no matter how marginal. You weigh the sides, you do some truth-testing, you apply judgment to them.

My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer’s mind-set: Everything’s kind of a problem how do you approach the problem?