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 27, 20252 min read


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 26, 20253 min read


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 25, 20253 min read


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 23, 20253 min read


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 22, 20252 min read


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 21, 20259 min read

