Well, let’s start with the maxim that the best writing is understated, meaning it’s not full of flourishes and semaphores and tap dancing and vocabul…

- Gene Weingarten

America is an incredibly polarized country politically. I think ANY Republican would start out with 42 percent of the vote.

- Gene Weingarten

Knowing the identity of the leaker helps you analyze the likelihood that the material is real.

- Gene Weingarten

Every single fat comic uses his weight as a punchline. There is something sad about that.

- Gene Weingarten

We want to believe that the world is understandable and controllable and unthreatening, that if we follow the rules, we'll be okay. So, when this kin…

- Gene Weingarten

Hillary Clinton rubs people the wrong way, for valid reasons.

- Gene Weingarten

Politics is how you think about life itself.

- Gene Weingarten

You know, I am not a particular Kennedy apologist or an awed fan - I was 12 when he was murdered - but I have discussed Kennedy with historians. For …

- Gene Weingarten

One thing I am learning from the kitten is that everything he is doing seems to be in preparation for murder.

- Gene Weingarten