Journalism Can Go Right Up To The

As Thrilling As It Was, Speechwriting Is Ultimately Frustrating For Someone Who Wants To Be A Writer.

I Am Not A Person Of The Left. But One Of The Things, The Central Idea Of Democracy Is That You Have A Bigger Investment In The System As A Whole Than You Do In Any Particular Outcome.

I Am A Very Conservative Person. And There Are A Lot Of Things That Donald Trump's Government Or Administration Is Doing That I Might Agree With. The Point Is We Have To Defend The Rules Of The Game. And One Of The Things That Has Empowered Donald Trump Is That Not Enough People Are Serious Enough About Defending The Rules Of The Game, Maybe Because They Don't Understand How Endangered Those Rules Are.

Venezuela Has Gone From Being A Democratic Country 15 Years Ago To Being Totally Not A Democracy Today. Usually That De-democratization Doesn't Take The Form Of A Heavy Handed Police State.

Democracy Requires You To Learn How To Lose As Well As How To Exercise Power When You Win. And That Requires Restraint All Around. One Of The Reasons It Works Is Because When You Win You Don't Do Things That Are So Upsetting To The Losers That They Feel Like They Have Less, They Have More To Gain By Turning Over The System.