I understand the difference between journalism and scholarship that comes 20 years later.

There are two forms of populism, left-wing populism and right-wing populism. Right-wing populism requires the denigration of an "Other." Left-wing populism tends to be about the haves and have-nots.

Donald Trump is going to have to live in the real world in which Vladimir Putin is exactly who he presents himself to be, and Putin is extremely skilled. He's not going to make it very easy for the United States or Germany. And he's going to test Trump.

Mobile is great for us. I think, even though the size of the screen doesn't give everything The New Yorker has to offer, people are spending a lot of time reading - and reading seriously - on the phone.

My deep sense of alarm has to do with Donald Trump's seeming lack of fealty to constitutionalism.

I think we should be alarmed, watchful, and, as journalists, rigorous and fearless. I think we should be alert.

We should put pressure on power and write the truth and write relentlessly and fearlessly. That's the job.