Dictating To Dictators Doesn't Work;

Back In George W. Bush's Second Term, When Diplomatic Realism Began To Overtake Foolish Bellicosity, The President Developed One Of His Patented Nicknames For The Two Most Powerful Neoconservative Journalists, William Kristol And Charles Krauthammer: He Called Them 'the Bomber Boys.'

I Came To Political Consciousness With John F. Kennedy's Magnificent 1961 Inaugural Address. It Seemed The Start Of Something Fresh And Exciting, And It Was.

We Journalists Are Never So Idiotic As When We Analyze Things That We Shouldn't Be Analyzing.

What Do You Do In A Novel? You Take Recognizable Characters From Your Own Life, And You Fantasize About What They're Really Like.

Diversity Has Been Written Into The Dna Of American Life; Any Institution That Lacks A Rainbow Array Has Come To Seem Diminished, If Not Diseased.