100 Quotes by Jacob Weisberg

Political assumptions can remain constant for long periods and then change very quickly.

Writing that's native to the web is different in ways that are crucial but subtle enough that you can miss them if you conceive of your audience as reading a printed product.

Obama is the rare Democrat who talks easily about faith and values and who does so without upsetting those offended by the mixture of religion and politics.

The tone of good web writing grows out of email. It's more direct, personal, colloquial, urgent, witty, efficient. It doesn't waste your time. It reflects that engagement, responsiveness, and haste of web surfers, as opposed to the more general passivity of print readers.

Closely allied to the assumption that Democrats can't win because they're too secular is the view that they can't win if they're too liberal. This assumption has steered Hillary Clinton toward the center, following her husband. I tend to share this view myself.

In practice, conservatives are no less inclined than liberals to adopt superior stances or to tell people how to live their lives.

To count as transformative, a president needs to synthesize the moment and mood of the country.

Where Reagan channeled disenchantment with overweening government, Obama symbolized America's transformation into a multiracial country.

All kinds of gambling, from bingo to baccarat, are benign entertainment for most people, dangerously addictive to a few, and capable of breeding unwanted side effects for society.