. >> probably by jonathan chait. >> i guess it means an intellectual in politics is a person who tries to connect events to deeper currents, theoretical or. occurrence. there are narrow definitions. an intellectual is a person who tries to remake the world in the image of some theory he has. in decades, there is is no such thing as a conservative intellectual. thatu take a broader view an intellectual tries to connect theory and practice, then maybe that is right. that is part of what my work trusted do very >> -- to do -- what my work tries to do. i am the editor of national affairs, quarterly journal of essays on public policy and political thought. i am also a fellow at a think tank here in washington. >> what you do? >> editing the magazine means editing the magazine. we run long essays by experts for the most part, academics, intellectuals, you might taken, about complicated public questions. some of them are very tactical. -- very practical. some of them aren't deeply philosophical -- some of them are deeply philosophical. it gives us a chance to edit their work and make sure tha