One voice can change a room. And if it can change a room, it can change a city. And if it can change a city, it can change a state. And if it can change a state, it can change a nation. And if it can change a nation, it can change the world.

The unwillingness of the rich guy to take advantage of being a rich guy for fear of looking like a rich guy was a chain of logic too Ouroborosian to ponder for too long.

You have to be willing to lose to win, and you’re going to lose a lot” – a lot of votes, a lot of states. “No one gets elected president without being humiliated. How you deal with the humiliation is the key.

One way of seeing all this was as a symptom of postmillennial decay, the degradation of public discourse, and the encroachment of celebrity worship into the arena of national affairs. Another way of looking at it was as an indication of the GOP’s state of disarray. Then there was the way Trump perceived the thing: as a manifestation of his magnificence...

We have a responsibility to hold both sides accountable to the public interest, but that doesn’t mean we reflexively and artificially hold both sides ‘equally’ accountable when the facts don’t warrant that.

It was Bill Clinton who once pithily captured the contrast between the two parties when it came to selecting a presidential standard-bearer: “Democrats want to fall in love; Republicans just fall in line.”

Focus first on where you want to be, and why, and then on the right path to get there.

Democrats want to fall in love; Republicans just fall in line.

Sufficient sleep, exercise, healthy food, friendship, and peace of mind are necessities, not luxuries.

The unfolding scene was a semiotician's fantasia.