I think Trump is simply inept, incapable of rescuing himself.

Hillary Clinton rubs people the wrong way, for valid reasons.

Most men I know adore women, and I am including gay men. I think studies on jury selection show that the biggest critics of women - people less likely to trust their character or judgment - are women.

Politics is how you think about life itself.

Peggy Noonan is not as good a columnist as my colleague Kathleen Parker, in my opinion, but they share something related to their Pulitzers. Kathleen won in in 2010. They won it for a similar reason. They broke from their crowd, and sprinted away. They delivered the politically unexpected take, at some peril to their readership.

Shakespeare was such a splendid vulgarian.

I am deebly self-conscious, and bad.