I spoke to CNN Reliable Sources host (and my former colleague) Brian Stelter a couple of weeks ago for the Reliable Sources podcast, and we discussed the usual political topics (Trump, Russia, my ex-boss Jared Kushner), but RS is mostly a show about the media, so we spent a lot Read More
Nepotism Doesn’t Pay
I wrote a column last week for The Washington Post, this time about why the Trump administration is basically the world’s worst family-run business.
The Office of American Innovation (and Jared Kushner)
Over the last several months, I’ve been approached by publications and news shows about once a week to write about or talk about the experience of working with Jared Kushner. Historically, I’ve declined. But I said yes to a Washington Post request earlier this week because I think certain points Read More
Trumpcare and Trump Voters
If Congress manages to pass Trumpcare, it’s mostly going to hurt Trump voters–particularly older ones–and most of them don’t realize it because they conflate the exchanges for uninsured with ACA at large, which affects everyone. I wish they had been more thoughtful about who they voted for in the election, Read More
A Trumpian Theory of Management
I have a theory about Trump admin chaos and where it comes from. (I recognize the patterns.) Here it is: [View the story “The Trump School of Management” on Storify]
McCarthy As Spicer
I’m not sure public shaming really works on POTUS in a way that makes him consider changing his behavior, but I do think other members of the administration can be moved by it. So I don’t feel much sympathy for Sean Spicer after Melissa McCarthy’s hilarious skewering of him on Read More
The Numbers
I think the most thankless and ineffective thing you can possibly do on the Internet is post a political opinion on Facebook. But I just did it! Because at some point, you have to communicate where people live, even if it might not go anywhere. So here was my post: I Read More
Scoops Over Truth
I’ve been spending a lot more time on Twitter and watching cable news lately than is good for my mental health, but I’m constitutionally incapable of totally staying out of the news cycle when big things are happening. And given that we’re living in what appears to be a slow Read More
The Seventh Circle of Zeitgeist
Every time a reporter has emailed me in the last few months, subject line, “I want to talk to you,” it’s been unclear what they’re emailing about. I have to reply, “Is this about a) Gawker/Thiel/Hogan, b) Jared Kushner/Donald Trump, or c) virtual reality?” Sometimes it’s fun feeling like you’re Read More
It Absolutely Can Happen Here
This is still a bit of a political post, I suppose, but if you haven’t read Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here since high school or college (or ever), now is a very good time to re-read or read for the first time. The Times had a nice overview a Read More