An open letter to MAGA
I've mentioned in this space that recently I short-term subscribed to a Substack page written by a fellow who calls himself a former...
May 272 min read
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Did Gen. Patton kinda steal from Shakespeare?
Memorial Day evening. On the tube, the opening scene from Patton , George C. Scott as the eponymous general giving a speech to the Third...
May 263 min read
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Whither humanity as AI takes charge?
I know, it's a video cliché. Nonetheless it sharply captures my acute reaction to a journalism-related post I read yesterday titled...
May 253 min read
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Trump's "soft fascism," for now
Once commonly observed was that Trump lacked an ideology. He rolled out his first term in spasms of erratic decision making and...
May 233 min read
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The US of A, now featuring Putinesque kleptocracy
"The most brazenly corrupt thing a president has ever done," said Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy about Trump's "coin scam." "[It's] a...
May 222 min read
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As Trump dismantles America, the media obsesses over Biden's brain
I was just about to bemoan a reigning monotony, but The Atlantic's Mark Liebovich spared me. "The story about the former president...
May 219 min read
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