"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
by russell A couple of things I stumbled on in my daily random walk through the internet seemed relevant to topics under discussion here. So, for your reading pleasure: Michael Goldfarb tries to unpack the Trump phenomenon to readers of the BBC magazine. Bonus points if you are a Springsteen fan, which I'm not in any … Read more
by wj I read something recently which noted that one of the great (and mostly unanswerable) questions for historians is: “What were they thinking?” We can make a reasonable stab at “What happened?” But “Why?” is harder. There have been a number of exchanges here lately, where one or another of us has suggested (not … Read more