My first takeaway from the NYT’s Ross Douthat fascinating talk with Steve Bannon: Bannon is absolutely convinced he’s not one of the elites even though he’s spent most of his adult life hovering at the tippy-top of the most elite of elite institutions. … The second takeaway: he loves to talk – much of it about himself and his role in shaping today’s politics. … The third takeaway: He’s an angry but intriguing man who makes sense on some of what ails America. I liked his description of the tech moguls now “crawling on their bellies” to Trump; George W. Bush’s weaknesses leading to the “worst presidency in the history of our nation, except for James Buchanan’s”; unfairly blaming Blacks and Hispanics for the 2008 financial crisis caused by the “entire establishment,” etc, etc. … Dems ignore some of what Bannon says at their peril. He’s not wrong all the time.