I'm not a kicker and a screamer.

The idea that when you correct a fact, you erase that fact from people's memories is the reverse of the truth. When you correct a fact, what you do is you further lodge that fact into people's minds, and they remember the error.

Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage.

The brain writes the autobiography of our species at the conscious level.

Betsy DeVos is not the most informed person on education policy, but I have seen her present a few times, and she presents as a pretty respectable, intelligent person who has cared passionately about education and cares about charter schools.

Would [Betsy DeVos] be my first pick? No. Is she someone who has dedicated her life to education policy? Yes, actually, she has.

Every White House I have covered since Reagan, when I got here, power has been more concentrated in the White House than the one before.