There is no right to work in a think tank, and these are very privileged positions.

I'm ashamed to say that I'm from a very privileged background.

If right and left are competing to be the biggest victim, who is competing to be the government?

I don't think there is a single member who thinks she deserves this nomination. And I don't think there is a single Republican who would be sorry if she were to withdraw.

Think tanks do have points of view, and they are absolutely entitled to defend them.

Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside the room - and inside the character's heads.