Prediction Is A Low Form Of Journalism.

The Internet Is Very Democratizing In Some Ways, But It Also Has Other Effects.

Ronald Reagan Came To Office And Had Already Been An Experienced Politician As Governor Of California, Whose Ideology And Ideas, No Matter How Simplistic Or No Matter How Much You May Disagree With Them, Were Fairly Well-developed And Fairly Consistent. Donald Trump Is A Real-estate Branding Operator And A Reality-show Television Star Whose Entrance Into Big-time Politics, As A Victor, As Someone Who Will Now Wield Tremendous Power, Was As Shocking To Him As It Was To Everybody Else.

I Think The Electoral College Is An Absurd 18th-century Construct. But That Is The Law.

I've Never Encountered Someone In Public Life Who Has Less Desire To Hold Office Than Michelle Obama, Though She Is Incredibly Gifted At Retail Politics.

Capitalism In Russia Has Spawned Far More Al Capones Than Henry Fords.