I am not a person of the left. But one of the things, the central idea of democracy is that you have a bigger investment in the system as a whole than you do in any particular outcome.

A novel makes it possible to understand not just events, but the people who control the events; not only their choices, but also their motives.

Whenever you discuss politics, it is always better to use individual names rather then the term neocon.

Donald Trump doesn't believe in much, doesn't want to do much.

In America, you will see in area after area, media under pressure, businesses under pressure not to criticize Donald Trump lest he reduce their stock value with an angry tweet.

If we say something often enough, we come to believe it. We don't usually delude others until after we have first deluded ourselves.

So long as Donald Trump is powerful and popular, Fox News is going to achieve an advertising bonanza unheard of in the era of modern cable, because people will pay them to talk to the president.