How to Be a Pundit

If you want to have a career as a columnist, commentator, podcasater, or author, why wouldn’t you take time to hear from someone who has done it?

When he heard that I was going to be teaching a workshop titled, "How to Be a Pundit," a somewhat cynical friend of mine didn’t pull any punches. "Doesn't participating in this seminar condemn you to like the 5th circle of Hell?" he emailed. "I mean this is full swamp insanity."

Yes, I realize the title conjures images of a snake oil salesman in an ill-f…