You have a lot of young people who still feel somewhat marginalized, even if they do vote for Hillary Clinton.

I've talked to dozens of Chicagoans who will only go off the record in talking about the manufactured mythology.

Sometimes, I repeat myself, and that was a second elimination [of Barack Obama]. I worked with a team, including a great editor who, as the project came together, suggested other additions and eliminations. It was a process.

We didn't hold President Obama as accountable as we might have.

It was quite a process to narrow more than 400 columns down to 80. I write weekly, though, and I don't always write about President [Barack] Obama, so that was the easy elimination.

Don't believe the hype that black North Carolinians are not voting. We've heard this time and time again. It's just not the truth.

Do you really think I'm going to go on record telling you the craziest thing I've ever done. There's a reel in my brain, and I think I'll keep it there. No regrets, though.