Sean Illing
Host of The Gray Area
Latest articles by Sean Illing
The talented novelist on inspirations and her favorite book.
There are some decent ideas here, but the numbers don’t add up.
“Our species has problems with violence.” —Biologist Robert Sapolsky
A historian on the danger of Donald Trump.
The CNN host on reading Tocqueville and what he got wrong about Trump.
“Trump’s background in business could not have prepared him less for the job he has now.”
“We’re leading in the direction of instigating a new drug war.”
“Not one agency in the United States government would grant Trump a security clearance — ever. He’s too much of a risk.”
The billionaire investor on stock markets, competitiveness, and not finishing books.
“There’s a darkness to Nixon that most people don’t know about.” — historian Tim Naftali