If I could have lunch -- just lunch -- with any alive, who would it be?

I'd put my money on Michael Barone for his extraordinary insights into all thing political. Check this out from today OpinionJournal:

The working class Democrats of the mid-20th century voted their interests, and
knew that one of their interests was protecting the nation in which they were
proud to live. The professional class Democrats of today vote their ideology
and, living a life in which they are insulated from adversity, feel free to
imagine that America cannot be threatened by implacable enemies. They can vote
to validate their lifestyle choices and their transnational attitudes.

Read it all here.