Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymi…

- Joe Klein

You can be as critical as you want of Black Lives Matter. I'm critical of him, too. But to say that they have caused shooting of police officers, I t…

- Joe Klein

Political courage requires clarity. The Obama Administration chose the tortured route of arguing the legality of the individual mandate via the inter…

- Joe Klein

Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

- Joe Klein

For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

- Joe Klein

Diversity has been written into the DNA of American life; any institution that lacks a rainbow array has come to seem diminished, if not diseased.

- Joe Klein

You can't get all of your news from Jon Stewart, especially since it's a comedy show.

- Joe Klein

I believe, I believe that the people who voted in those primaries for Donald Trump were at least helping him along with his message of hate toward im…

- Joe Klein

Barack Obama's inspirational whoosh to the presidency in 2008 was unusual. Most campaigns are less exhilarating; indeed, they are downright disappoin…

- Joe Klein