And no such sanctions on Chinese officials who ban US social media outright. (View Post)

No one is really complaining about the administrations bizarre beliefs regarding Europe expressed in the absurd but worrying national security document. It's the fact that (for example) the admi… (View Post)

Except it's not unfiltered. It's delivered by very particular algorithms. The US attitude is that they get to skew the marketplace for opinions, and no one else should be allowed to interfe… (View Post)

No serving leader of any nation (with the possible exception of Russia) has ever named a ship after themselves. It's pretty well the ultimate in imbecilic narcissism. (View Post)

Good conductors know how both to milk a silence, and to command an audience - particularly in a dramatic form like opera. The Messiah is quasi opera, and last weekend we had the orchestra of Opera No… (View Post)