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‘Dying all the time ‘Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind ‘Ain’t life unkind’ Ruby Tuesday, The Rolling Stones Poor Joe Biden. He’s gotten old. Here’s the New York Times on who might take Joe’s place: ‘Kamala Harris Could Win This Election. Let Her. ‘The obvious, logical path out of the mess President […]

‘Pity the nation whose people are sheep ‘And whose shepherds mislead them ‘Pity the nation whose leaders are liars ‘Whose sages are silenced ‘And whose bigots haunt the airwaves ‘Pity the nation that raises not its voice ‘Except to praise conquerors ‘And acclaim the bully as hero ‘And […]

‘The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage.’ . Emperor Hirohito, after Hiroshima The situation last week did not develop to Joe Biden’s advantage. But what did anyone expect? Put an old man at a podium; he’s likely to dodder a bit. And so what? Biden was never more than a figurehead anyway. […]

‘This is how our republic ends. Not with a debate but with a snivel between two candidates vying to demonstrate how utterly unqualified either is to lead us..’ Comment found on the Internet We connect the dots. We look for patterns. Sometimes right. Sometimes wrong. Always in doubt. And always with a jolly demeanour. Which […]

‘Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.’ Jack Paar ‘It’s the creolization of France’, whispered a neighbour. “Creolization” was the type of word we used to admire. Or, at least we admired the French for using words like that. Big, Latinate words… the kind a professor of history might use… make people sound intelligent. And […]

We are watching events in Argentina. Like a political prisoner in a dark cell, we listen to the explosions and hope the revolution goes our way. An old friend, Rob Marstrand, lives in Buenos Aires. He’s been paying attention too… and betting heavily on Javier Milei’s success at rocking the boat. He reports that the […]