The Habit Of Going To Your Congressman's

If You Watch A Movie From Between The End Of The Second World War And The Mid-1970s, Whenever Anyone Steps Out In A White Lab Coat, They're There To Offer A Solution. They're There To Tell You How The Laser's Going To Save The Day. They're Going To Give You James Bond's Array Of Tools. After About 1975, Whenever The Man In The White Lab Coat Steps Out, It's To Come Up With Some Crazy Idea That's Going To Bring Ruin On Everybody. "let's Clone Dinosaurs!" And The Last We See Of Him Is Disappearing Down The Gullet Of The Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Whenever You Discuss Politics, It Is Always Better To Use Individual Names Rather Then The Term Neocon.

Elites Are Inevitable In Politics. That Is How Politics Is Going To Work. The Question Is, Are Your Elites Responsible, Public-spirited? Do They Think About The Interests Of Others, Not Just Themselves? And The Story Of Western Politics Since The Beginning Of The Century Is That As Elites Become More Separated, More Selfish, As They Leave Behind Their Populations And Don't Think About Them, They Become Discredited. And The People Look For Alternatives. But The Alternative Is Worse. Those Rules Of The Game Protect Us All. And They Are More Precious Than Almost Any Political Outcome.

Donald Trump Is The Least Unpopular Thing About Today's Republican Party. I Mean, The Idea That A Mitch Mcconnell Or A Paul Ryan Could Say, "let's Toss Trump Overboard And Return To Our Program Of Plutocratic Politics, Health Care Removal, Massive Income Tax Cuts For The Affluent, Deregulation Of Finance" - If They Cut Loose From Donald Trump, It's Like, You Know, Storm In Channel, Continent Cut Off. If They Cut Loose From Him, They Are Much Likelier To Sink.

I Have A Range Of Scenarios. One Of Them Is A Chaos, That What Could Happen Is Congress Does Step Up A Little Bit And The Administration Is Paralyzed. And We Go Through All Kinds Of Constitutional Crises, Impeachment Or The 25th Amendment Removal Process. Another Frightening Scenario Is Donald Trump Is Steering His Way To A Series Of International Confrontations At The Same Time As He's Appeasing Russia.