I'm beginning to think [Ted] Cruz had a good convention, that if [Donald] Trump goes down, Cruz is pretty well positioned to be the Republican major figure in four, six or even within two years.

I'm of course nostalgic for Barack Obama all of a sudden.

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.

The legitimacy of a war is not established by how it is organized but by what it achieves.

I learned I'm not a science writer. I'm not very good at describing how something is happening. I try to describe "So What?"

If we're in some sort of Hobbesian state of nature, where you just want a strong man who has no compassion Donald Trump is going to do a little better. So, we will figure out what game we're playing.

It's just a lot safer to be an incumbent. So I think they have used the campaign finance reforms. They have passed laws that will help themselves stay in office. And I think that's one of the flaws that we do have in the system.