If, as seems quite possible now, the hubristic ineptitude of a mediocre ex-KGB officer brings post-Soviet Russia to its knees and reveals it as a second-class power, you could serve up slices of that irony (without air quotes) at summer cookouts across the free world and have people queuing for seconds right up through Labor Day weekend. […]
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“Scratch a good American,” says the Oriole,” “and you’ll find a good German.” Ari had just scratched a good American. […] Prediction for 2022: The inherently poisonous effect of social media will become ever more obvious. The fact that Mark Zuckerberg has any degree of influence over the survival of democracy will finally become understood as terrifying. […] I took the summer off to take care of other business and regroup my forces. I also hoped to relax, but the total lunacy that surrounds us now — which began with The Donald descending the Trump Tower escalator in 2015 and has mainlined steroids — made that impossible, at least mentally. No man in […] |
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Get Out and Vote!
You have only till the polls close to cast your vote. Though it’s “only” a midterm election, this is arguably the most important election of your lifetime. Please stop reading this and go perform your most basic civic duty: Vote. […]