Vladimir Putin wants to become the de facto head of an illiberal, xenophobic, hypernationalist trend in world politics.

A.J. Liebling, one of my heroes, used to say that he could write better than anyone who wrote faster, and faster than anyone who could write better. I'm one nine-hundredth as good as Liebling, but that principle may slightly apply.

Disaster can take a nation by surprise, slowly, and then all at once.

I've never encountered someone in public life who has less desire to hold office than Michelle Obama, though she is incredibly gifted at retail politics.

There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia.

I would love to have a stable, productive relationship with Russia.

You are losing because of Jewish bankers.