Nobody Ever Won An Election By Spitting

The Big Winners Under The American Fiscal System Are The Rich, Who Pay Some Of The Lowest Taxes Anywhere In The World; The Old, Who Are The Main Beneficiaries Of The American Social Service State; Farmers, Rural People. These Are Republican Constituencies.

Obviously, Donald Trump Won't Be Impeached Or Removed So Long As The Republicans Hold Even One House Of Congress. And Even Should They Lose Both In November Of 2018, Launching An Impeachment - As The Republicans Discovered With Bill Clinton - Is Very Dangerous To The Impeaching Party. Unless You Have A Highly Credible Set Of Extremely Damning Facts, You Turn A Constitutional Crisis Into A Political Crisis. You Rally Potential Supporters Of The Impeached President To Him. You Make His Base Bigger. So I Imagine That He Is Likely To Serve Out The Full Term.

Journalism Can Go Right Up To The Door Of The Room In Which The Decisions Are Made. A Novel Can Go Inside The Room - And Inside The Character's Heads.

As Thrilling As It Was, Speechwriting Is Ultimately Frustrating For Someone Who Wants To Be A Writer.

We Live In An Age Of De-democratization. The Number Of Democracies In The World Has Been Going Backwards Since 2005, And Even Many Existing Democracies Including In Europe Have Been Becoming Less Democratic.