You can derail agendas, but not conversations or investigations

I liked this bit inEstablishment Journalists Pride Themselves on Staying on the Official Rails: "Rails, after all, are meant to keep a vehicle on a predetermined track. It’s not much of compliment to compare a journalist to a smoothly operating train, always showing up at the official stations." I'll take that point further: When people say you're derailing, ask where they want to send you. And