Parties that are majority parties are incoherent parties.

The zooming wealth of the top 1 percent is a problem, but it's not nearly as big a problem as the tens of millions of Americans who have dropped out of high school or college. It's not nearly as big a problem as the 40 percent of children who are born out of wedlock. It's not nearly as big a problem as the nation's stagnant human capital, its stagnant social mobility and the disorganized social fabric for the bottom 50 percent.

I would have swapped out Donald Trump's frontal cortex for somebody else's for a little more self-control.

Bragging about what a good deal you got is one of the many great art forms that my people, the Jews, have introduced to American culture.

If we got rid of everybody in Washington who sold access for donations, then the town would be empty. But it's unseemly.

Donald Trump's world view is that it's a dangerous, miserable place, people are out to get him, and he needs to strike them first.

If you know that most processing is below the level of awareness, you learn the value of sleep. You're brain is working on the problem anyway.