Maintaining news cycle is the job. It's always been the job. This is just more intense. You find out what the story is, you use the tools you have to…

- Ezra Klein

The American political system is not good at trading sacrifice now to prevent crises later.

- Ezra Klein

Obamas finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They dont even really inspire. They elevate. . . . He is not the Word made flesh, but the t…

- Ezra Klein

One of my big beliefs about Washington is that we highly overstate the power of individuals and highly underrate seeing Washington as a system, in ge…

- Ezra Klein

Everyday sexual practices on college campuses need to be upended, and men need to feel a cold spike of fear when they begin a sexual encounter.

- Ezra Klein

If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it’s an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army.

- Ezra Klein

I don't always have the time I wish I had to understand something I don't understand. So I'm trying to do a little bit less of the quick pieces and a…

- Ezra Klein

Only with gun violence do we respond to repeated tragedies by saying that mourning is acceptable but discussing how to prevent more tragedies is not.…

- Ezra Klein

The news is challenging right now. One hard thing about it is that often things don't lend themselves to good explanations or we don't have enough in…

- Ezra Klein