What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system massive funding for science and technology a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.

But let's just say I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.

When the first fossils began to be found in eastern Africa in the late 1950s I thought what a wonderful marriage this was biology and anthropology. I was around 16 years old when I made this particular choice of academic pursuit.

If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.

During the 1950s Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

More than anything else my mother wanted to be an actress - a famous actress - which in the 1950s was all about being young sexy and available. She was all that and more. She had big blue eyes alabaster skin a heart-shaped face a beautiful figure. She was just a knockout.

I went to watch my father at Silverstone in the early 1950s and I've still got the car he was in.

People who don't like me talk about it as though I'm trash because I have tattoos. I find that insane because it's 2008 not the 1950s. Tattoos aren't limited to sailors. It's a form of art I find beautiful. I love it.