I’d suggest that many of the people who drive along at half the speed limit, hoping this will compensate for infirmity or slowness of reaction that they are wanting to hide from the authorities, are … (View Post)

The emerging big question of the so-called ‘west’, pending the midterms, is whether the rest of the democratic world can or will step up and confront Trump’s crude, idiotic American self-obsession. S… (View Post)

A key learning point from history - cf. the book I recommended above - is that to control a society you need both control of key political positions and a bunch of deniable thugs (deniable in the sen… (View Post)

Kudos for driving to Venice. I did that back in October, taking the dog to a lunch in one of my favourite canalside spots, down towards the Arsenale. When you reach the end of the causeway, nowadays … (View Post)

FTFY (View Post)