I Got Into Journalism Because I Came

For Me, A Really Radical Position For Journalism To Take Is To Stop Being Cynical. Cynicism Is What Passes For Insight Among The Mediocre.

Affirmative Action Was Always Racial Justice On The Cheap.

I Came To Political Consciousness With John F. Kennedy's Magnificent 1961 Inaugural Address. It Seemed The Start Of Something Fresh And Exciting, And It Was.

Dictating To Dictators Doesn't Work; They Are Congenitally Delusional About Their Own Indispensability.

Political Courage Requires Clarity. The Obama Administration Chose The Tortured Route Of Arguing The Legality Of The Individual Mandate Via The Interstate Commerce Clause For One Simple Reason: It Did Not Want To Take The Political Risk Of Allowing Opponents To Call It A Tax Increase. That Was Stupid. The Republicans Were Calling It A Tax Increase Anyway.