The people who are voting for Trump are not voting rationally.
GENE WEINGARTENThe people who are voting for Trump are not voting rationally.
GENE WEINGARTENIt is not a coincidence that Donald Trump has attracted white supremacists.
GENE WEINGARTENI think I might prefer women without makeup. Though I don’t really know, because I am not good at identifying makeup.
GENE WEINGARTENI think we too often go soft in trying to spare people the agony of confronting reality.
GENE WEINGARTENMany put him in the second tier, below the big three and surrounded by Truman and Eisenhower. Kennedy moved our soul. Changed our thinking about service and governance. And won big in the greatest nuclear crisis of the Cold War.
GENE WEINGARTENMaking stuff up is the worst thing a journalist can do. Plagiarizing is the second worst.
GENE WEINGARTENI very much believe in the Intentional Fallacy. If Donald Trump lies and dopes and bumbles and staggers his way into peace in the middle east, he gets credit for it. He owns it.
GENE WEINGARTENI think politics is everything.
GENE WEINGARTENThe one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it’s hard. If you think it’s not hard, you’re not doing it right.
GENE WEINGARTENWhen Trump says fake news, he means journalism that makes points with which he disagrees, usually about him.
GENE WEINGARTENI feel like no matter what happens in my career endeavors after today, going to grad school is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
GENE WEINGARTENTrump cannot change because in his mind, he has ALWAYS been rewarded for his boorish, stupid, arrogant behavior.
GENE WEINGARTENOne of my favorite footnotes in the hypochondria book [The Hypochondriac’s Guide to Life. And Death.] was about the death of one of the King Charleses. He was essentially bled and vomited to death by his doctors. They also drilled holes in his head.
GENE WEINGARTENI think Hillary Clinton will make a fine president, and (most important) I am comfortable with her making gigantic, momentous decisions.
GENE WEINGARTENOne thing I am learning from the kitten is that everything he is doing seems to be in preparation for murder.
GENE WEINGARTENHillary Clinton rubs people the wrong way, for valid reasons.
GENE WEINGARTEN