Prediction Is A Low Form Of Journalism.

There Are Days When You Might Enjoy Being An Editor A Little Less, Due To One Crisis Or Another. It Is Absolutely Vital, To Me, In A Period Of Technological Evolution And Sometimes Financial Stress That I And My Colleagues Not Only Put Out A Fantastic Magazine And Web Site And All The Rest, But Also That We Are Smart Enough About What We Are Doing.

I Know, Too, That Millions And Millions Of People Voted For Trump Not Because They Are Cartoon Racists, But Because They Did Not Like Hillary Clinton For A Variety Of Reasons, Because They Had Real Economic And Social Grievances.

Donald Trump's Temperament And Character Is Precisely What You Would Hate To See In Your Children, Much Less Your President.

There Are Systemic, Painful Problems Of Globalization And De-industrialization That Cannot Be Solved With A Phone Call Or A Tweet Or An Angry Speech Or Trying To Isolate The Press And The First Amendment. Sooner Or Later, The Donald Trump Show, Which Is A Projection Of Strength And Authority, Will Have To Deliver To His Voters. And If He Doesn't, In Very Real Terms, If He Can't Supersede A Situation Where A President Cut The Unemployment Rate In Half, If He Can't Do Better, If He Can't Open Factories And All The Rest That He's Promised, Then I Think He's In Trouble.

Maybe Santa Claus Is Real. Here's The Problem: Reality.