A futures contract is a derivative, but the futures exchange doesn't call them 'derivatives,' they call them 'futures.'

Innovation must lead infrastructure for a simple but compelling reason: Innovation produces new types of products and markets, and it is virtually impossible to know how to run those markets efficiently before they are created.

If we internationalize everything, we end up with rules that stifle freedom and innovation.

Building a road might create temporary jobs, but does it really create wealth if it doesn't also shorten commute times or otherwise make society better off?

You can't reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty.

I grew up in a very healthy nuclear family, and I was fortunate enough to not have to deal with loss and grief as a child.

I bought Jayne Mansfield's mansion in L.A. after her death. I had met her in England and remembered her perfume. When I moved in, I could smell her, and I saw her apparition.

Prior to my father's death, I was having a hard time committing to a career as an artist, but that's not because of who he was - it was because of who I am. It's true, though, that I felt I shouldn't compete with him, and that those feelings went away after he died.