Prediction is a low form of journalism.

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

From a personal point of view, I'd like to interview my great-grandparents because I barely knew them, and I know next to nothing about my family beyond 100 years.

There are days when you might enjoy being an editor a little less, due to one crisis or another. It is absolutely vital, to me, in a period of technological evolution and sometimes financial stress that I and my colleagues not only put out a fantastic magazine and Web site and all the rest, but also that we are smart enough about what we are doing.

We have to do our jobs better, more tirelessly and stop whining about it.

There are inconsistencies in Donald Trump's ideology.

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.