This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job.

Brick and mortar businesses - and the communities that depend on them - cannot continue to bear an unfair sales tax burden from which their on-line competitors are effectively exempt.

Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services.

The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.

For us to create unique experiences that other companies cannot, the best possible option for us is to be able to develop hardware that can realize unique software experiences.

We envision a more Germany-style economy, where 20 percent of our workforce is in manufacturing. And we're not talking about banging tin in the back room. We're talking about high technology across the board, whether it's computer chips or cars or anything in between.

We're living in a world where international governance is failing to overcome borders, but technology is succeeding in removing them.

The arc of technology is in the direction of unbreakable encryption, and no laws are going to get in the way of that reality.