The public is not only shifting from left to right. Every single idea associated with the educated class has grown more unpopular over the past year. . . . A year ago, the Obama supporters were the passionate ones. Now the tea party brigades have all the intensity.

I think the Democrats are right to protest, but I don't think Jeff Sessions is so far out of the range of normalcy that he shouldn't be confirmed.

Two terrible behaviors don't make a good behavior.

If you go in a confirmation process, you're going to be asked about the embarrassing or stupid things you said. You should have a view.

The prevailing view is that geniuses are largely built, not born.

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

I don't think history will ever be a science because history will never be reduced to law-like behavior. People are to unpredictable.