As Journalists, We Need To Find Every

Prediction Is A Low Form Of Journalism.

The Only Reason The Word "brand" Gets A Little Tiresome Is That Something That Is Complex And Wonderful And Deep Begins To Sound Like A Can Of Tomato Soup. I Recoil At That, But I'm Used To It. I Know What It Means: It Means That The New Yorker Is Not Merely The Magazine That Comes Out In Print Once A Week. It's The Web Site, It's The Festival, It's Our Mobile Application - All These Things - And What They Stand For And What They Mean.

What I Object To Is Tricking The Reader And Blurring The Lines So That Unsuspecting Readers, Thinking That They Are Getting Something That Is Assigned And Edited By The Editorial Side, Are Getting Something Quite Different. They Are Getting An Advertisement.

The Democratic Vote Consists Of Minorities And Educated Whites.

The Notion That Somehow Through A Trade War Or Protectionism Or Magical Thinking That We're Going To Return To A Romanticized Economic Past Is, In The End, Going To Be An Illusion. And A Severe Disappointment To Millions Of Decent, Hard-working People.