I happen to think most people go into government do it for the right reasons and they really do things as they see them on the merits of the issues.

I think that it's an arguable position, whether with Hamas and ISIS around, whether there should be a Palestinian state, but it's a defensible position, given the current circumstances.

Institutions do all the things that are supposed to be bad. They impede personal exploration. They enforce conformity. But they often save us from our weaknesses and give meaning to life.

Plunder is morally wrong. It ruins your credibility.

Parties that are majority parties are incoherent parties.

On the larger issue of the travel ban, our friend Charles Krauthammer of The Washington Post I think put it pretty well. I'm not sure it's illegal, but it's extremely stupid.

Donald Trump is so egregious in the way he talks about women, the way he allegedly treated women.