like I guarantee you. I'm better read than that dude, I interrogate my own assumptions more often than that dude, my lectures would be waaaay better & better-attended than that dude's. Brown, Notre Dame, Brandeis, where you at, I bet I work cheaper too

Deserved!

Once had a well meaning US official leading a delegation thank their opposite member (a regional leader in Russia known to be corrupt) for his “crime” rather than his “speech” (words that rhyme in Russian…Преступление & выступление)

Constructive interview 👍

Thank you, I enjoy your annotated excerpt posts 👍 ….this one pushed me over the edge to finally subscribe to LRB

WTF is wrong with him? That’s shameful sloppy talk for a military officer let alone a General with significant command time in combat.

Ugh, World class dumb…these are smart enterprises that are mutually beneficent…and super “efficient”!