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

- Ezra Klein

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

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

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

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

- 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

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

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