Britain is blessed with a functioning political culture. It is dominated by people who live in London and who have often known each other since prep school. This makes it gossipy and often incestuous.

What's interesting about the Trump administration is how bitterly divided they are in their attitudes towards Putin.

A wise soul once declared that the ultimate power of the writer is that he has the choice of whom he wants to be co-opted by.

Clearly, politics is a team sport. Trump is not so much of a team player.

Obamacare is woven into the fabric of health care. It's very hard to just rip it out, as Donald Trump sort of acknowledged with The Wall Street Journal.

Charter schools are public schools. They're paid for publicly and they're part of the public system. They just have a more independent structure.

I have seen [Betsy DeVos] present a few times. I don't really know her. But I have seen her present on education policy, and she's not a stupid person.