Obliquity! See John Kay …

Why indeed!

Forgive me - which image it?

Forgive my ignorance - which national flag in the sanctuaries of which churches?

Tried to find it on a streaming service to no avail …

Agreed. Thucydides records the classic “Might is right” argument in the Melian dialogue. But things did not turn out so well for the Athenians, who made the claim.

Could not help thinking that the Smell the Glove(?) cover was not much different to Sabrina Carpenters 2025 Mans Best Friend. Unless context is absolutely everything …

I’m not sure . It looks as if the problem is not that the cars were powered by electricity but that the autonomous driving system did not cope with a blackout. Electric motors have for a long time powered trams, trains and elevators- the safest and most reliable modes of transport ever created.

I think embroidered frock coats are overdue for a come back.

Though not an American I have been a believer in America all my adult life. I try to have the sense of history your essay embodies so well. And I am naturally an optimist. But this year I am more and more inclined to give up hope for you all. I know it has been worse before. But the trend now …

The fact that the USSC has lost Bill Kristol on this issue says a great deal.

What could they think of today? First up perhaps they would be staggered by the wealth of the poor. Give them a year and they would be revolutionaries again?

If only it were that simple. The dead and dying would include their neighbors, the workers who install it, the families of the workers whose work clothes are washed and dried at home, subsequent owners of the house, people doing repairs on or demolition of the house, and on and on …

There you have it one paragraph- a stunning portrait of political decay. If was just the decadence of a party it would one thing. But it is hard to avoid the conclusion that it is the decadence of a very large part of the country.