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What's interesting about the Trump administration is how bitterly divided they are in their attitudes towards Putin.
I do think Hillary Clinton should have pivoted and say, I am change, I am change, because people do want some change.
As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place that helps that.
My colleague Ross Douthat wrote that any time you give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt, he always lets you down.
Maybe you're willing to tolerate a lot of bigotry from Donald Trump if you say, just change things, just change things.
If we got rid of everybody in Washington who sold access for donations, then the town would be empty. But it's unseemly.
It is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most.
I'm thankful that we live in a crassly commercial, polarized culture, so media jackals like me have a lot of work to do.
Since 2005, a majority of Americans, according to the Gallup poll, have said it was wrong and a mistake to go into Iraq.
People generally overestimate how distinct their lives are, so the commonalities seemed to them like a series of miracles.
It’s not that Egypt doesn’t have a recipe for a democratic transition. It seems to lack even the basic mental ingredients.
I do think British and American politics rhyme. They go in cycles. They go in Thatcher-Reagan cycles, Blair-Clinton cycles.
I learned I'm not a science writer. I'm not very good at describing how something is happening. I try to describe "So What?"
I think actually in any party it's a sign of general health to have different views, and especially on the subject of trade.
A wise soul once declared that the ultimate power of the writer is that he has the choice of whom he wants to be co-opted by.
Those cultural wars, Sexual Revolution issues are fading from the scene, and the coming generation has basically settled them.
If you thought Donald Trump was going to be swallowed up by the conventional Republican Party or by Washington, you were wrong.
Would [Betsy DeVos] be my first pick? No. Is she someone who has dedicated her life to education policy? Yes, actually, she has.
To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.
Donald Trump didn't emerge from the orthodoxy of the Republican Party. And so there's going to be bigger differences than normal.
Donald Trump's world view is that it's a dangerous, miserable place, people are out to get him, and he needs to strike them first.
If I had to fault President [Barack] Obama, I would say that sometimes governs like a visitor from a morally superior civilization.
I don't think history will ever be a science because history will never be reduced to law-like behavior. People are to unpredictable.
If you grow up in a home where actions don't lead to predictable consequences, you don't develop strategies to control your impulses.
Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.
I expect [Donald] Trump to do what he's done very successfully, which is, whether you like him or not, he will be the dominant player .
If you go in a confirmation process, you're going to be asked about the embarrassing or stupid things you said. You should have a view.
I generally think debates within a party should not be treated as a scandal. They should be treated as a sign of strength, to be honest.
Every White House I have covered since Reagan, when I got here, power has been more concentrated in the White House than the one before.
I'm not the most emotionally attuned guy in the world. My wife says that me writing about emotion is like Gandhi writing about gluttony.
Politics is based on social identity, and so, again, there is going to be differences between rural and urban and between left and right.
Bragging about what a good deal you got is one of the many great art forms that my people, the Jews, have introduced to American culture.
Most people don't form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling.
Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety.
Populists hate journalists, they hate teachers, they hate lawyers, but they tend to like rich people. There's something deeply consistent.
Putin is someone who has been undermining the norms of what we consider the world order since he got into power and in increasing success.
Decision-making power, whether it's on foreign affairs or domestic affairs, is concentrated in the White House in a reasonably small circle.
Trade has suddenly become massively unpopular. I think that's massively unjust. I think free trade has been wonderful for America on balance.
Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need the conversation.
If you know that most processing is below the level of awareness, you learn the value of sleep. You're brain is working on the problem anyway.
It's part of Donald Trump's psychodynamics to always care about his press coverage intensely. He's more interested in that than anything else.
Creativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge.
When you're running for president you have to take some risks and you've got to show people something fresh and you've got to stay interesting.
With the case of [Mike] Pence, giving a little aurora of likability to a candidate, a lead candidate who's a little lacking in that department.
Democrats in environmental agencies tend to be more sensitive to environmental harm. And Republicans tend to be more sensitive to business harm.
It’s worth noting that you can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck. You can spend your life on Wall Street and be a hero
Charter schools are public schools. They're paid for publicly and they're part of the public system. They just have a more independent structure.
Even in this nuclear thing, [ Donald Trump] says we should be stronger and expand. What does that mean? So, what is concrete in what he's saying?
The school asks a person who has achieved a certain level of career success to give you a speech telling you that career success is not important.
I think the Democrats are right to protest, but I don't think Jeff Sessions is so far out of the range of normalcy that he shouldn't be confirmed.