To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

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.

Hillary Clinton is still - she's such a private person.

It’s easy to see why politicians would be drawn to the populist pose. First, it makes everything so simple. The economic crisis was caused by a complex web of factors, including global imbalances caused by the rise of China. But with the populist narrative, you can just blame Goldman Sachs.

On the [Betsy] DeVos case, I agree that the gun - her gun position is kind of weird, kind of crazy, but I do think she does know about public schools.

Freedom without structure is its own slavery.

The most interesting thing is that the White House staff and the people under Donald Trump, at least some portion of them, some large portion of them, seem to have turned against Donald Trump.