I once found myself driving, smoking a cigar, taking notes, and talking on the phone at the same time. I only became completely aware of this when I had to shift, and realized something had to give.
GENE WEINGARTENI once found myself driving, smoking a cigar, taking notes, and talking on the phone at the same time. I only became completely aware of this when I had to shift, and realized something had to give.
GENE WEINGARTENIt is not a coincidence that Donald Trump has attracted white supremacists.
GENE WEINGARTENDonald Trump is an awful loser.
GENE WEINGARTENBeing “Jewish” is way stronger culturally than it is religiously.
GENE WEINGARTENIt is hard to quantify the value of name recognition, but Donald Trump has gone from fame to international mega-fame. That has to be gargantuan when your business is your name.
GENE WEINGARTENIt’s as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots.
GENE WEINGARTENI think there are a good many Donald Trump voters who are sick of government as it is practiced in America and genuinely want to blow up the system and see what happens. They are stupid – or at least unwise – but not necessarily racist.
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 WEINGARTENI believe the publisher is a member of the editorial board, and I think his vote would matter.
GENE WEINGARTENI think we too often go soft in trying to spare people the agony of confronting reality.
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 don’t consider Hillary Clinton to be the lesser of two evils.
GENE WEINGARTENMaking stuff up is the worst thing a journalist can do. Plagiarizing is the second worst.
GENE WEINGARTENPolitics is how you think about life itself.
GENE WEINGARTENWhen Trump says fake news, he means journalism that makes points with which he disagrees, usually about him.
GENE WEINGARTENInternational politics is not my strong suit. The older I get the less certain I am that I even HAVE a strong suit.
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