I’m not exactly sure what I thought Tom Brokaw would do with his retirement, but I figured he’d come up with something more interesting than writing books about how his father really, really, really didn’t like hippies.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.