Some people say it's foolish to worry about soulless creatures overtaking the earth and devouring our brains. I say they've already won.
Blog Credo
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
H.L. Mencken
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Gillibrand
I was surprised that she never gained traction. The prevailing wisdom is that certain segments of the Democratic coalition never forgave her for her (greatly exaggerated) role in forcing Al Franken to retire. If so, that suggests that the energy surrounding #MeToo has either dissipated or was never that powerful a political (as opposed to cultural) force in the first place.
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