I guess penalties there go to 11. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

More evidence of why I use this story as an anchor in my discussion of basic plot types.

Every time Eminem speaks, I feel like he's rapping 😄

For the past decade, I have been surprised each time I watched this video. It shows how stable political culture can be, and how important it is to study the history of political arguments.

all of nate silver’s exquisite statistical machinery churning and churning to produce a dead on uncertain prediction is genuinely poetic and cosmically funny - like the end of a borges story

This type of economic equality argument feels very much from another era. This is a great example of one of the big four root narratives by the way.

This type of narrative move strikes me as the battle ground of a divided America. The resurgence of ethnic politics in America and the story structures implied are as explosive here as they are anywhere.

Sounds cool. When you get into world stuff, it sounds like world building, and you are pretty close to narrative. Can't wait to read.

Going back to the Grover Cleveland era.

That old-time religion.

The effects of global instability: "Even beyond these results, almost every election held in the region this year under reasonably democratic conditions, has seen the governing party lose a significant number of seats." bbc.com/news/articles/…

Only one cheer for capitalism here.

What an indicator of the times.

On the history of some old words.

Now there is a "securitarian" value statement if I've ever seen one.

This is one of the ways narrative innovation takes place. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f…

What can you say? ap.org/the-definitive…

Great to see Marvin Kalb active. I wrote a book in which I followed his coverage on this older summit. cbsnews.com/news/marvin-ka…

I am a big fan of right language, even if it causes alarm, but this is not yet a coup. What it is, is a corporate takeover of a government, and we are all learning that states are not corporations--not even close: hence the deep sense of injustice. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f…