Original source and commentary is at Mother Jones
Warren nails it in the last minute of the tape. The US lack of serious reform is a risk to the world economy.
Obama is a thoroughly modern manager: part Herbert Hoover, and part Richard Nixon.
Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved, and that nothing—sickness, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or death—can take that love away. Joy is not the same as happiness. Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. We can be unhappy about many things, but joy can still be there because it comes from the knowledge of God’s love for us. Nothing, not even death, can take God away from us.
Henri J.M. Nouwen