What Do You Do In A Novel?

You Know, Larger Than Life Is Always Better Than Smaller Than Life In Politicians. And, You Know, God Save Us From Mediocrities.

You Know, Larger-than-life Politicians Have Larger-than-life Strengths And Larger-than-life Weaknesses.

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

The Two-war Strategy Was A Product Of The Cold War, When We Had To Have The Ability To Fight The Russians On The Plains Of Europe And Fight The Chinese On The Korean Peninsula At The Same Time. That Costs An Awful Lot Of Money.

Political Courage Requires Clarity. The Obama Administration Chose The Tortured Route Of Arguing The Legality Of The Individual Mandate Via The Interstate Commerce Clause For One Simple Reason: It Did Not Want To Take The Political Risk Of Allowing Opponents To Call It A Tax Increase. That Was Stupid. The Republicans Were Calling It A Tax Increase Anyway.