Our discussion from Sunday afternoon is now on line.
Category Archives: History
Hong Kong
Things are about to get ugly.
This may be like Budapest in 1956, or Prague in 1968. How will we, and Britain, respond?
Trump’s “Racist” Tweet
Was it malice, or ignorance? Given the level of his ignorance on so many subjects, I’m going to go with the latter.
Boris Johnson
Will he soon be the most popular leader in the world?
I had lunch with Iain Murray in DC a few weeks ago, who went to school with him. It will be interesting, if nothing else. I asked Iain if May was the worst PM since Chamberlain. “Lord North,” he replied.
[Update Tuesday morning]
With him seeming to be the next PM, the New York Sun is waiting for Boris Johnson.
[Update a couple minutes later]
From the third link:
When it comes to rhetoric and eloquence, he is the anti-Trump.
[Bumped]
[Late-morning update]
Cometh the hour, cometh the man.
[Bumped again]
“We Don’t Need Space Colonies”
I don’t know where to start with this ignorant burning of a field of strawmen.
“Rapid Fire Bullet Delivery Systems”
I just saw this tweet:
It reminded me of this old post I wrote in the early aughts. Here is the original, with comments at the time.
Chris Kraft
We continue to lose the giants of that generation.
[Update Tuesday morning]
Heh. “Perhaps the New York Times’ obit for Kraft was already written, as it curiously fails to explore the seething hotbed of sexism and white supremacy that was the early NASA, according to the latest reporting by the New York Times.“
[Update a few minutes later]
Eric Berger remembers an inspirational friend.
Per a commenter there, I’ve also been wondering if he had been hanging on to see the 50th anniversary, and then let go.
Puerto Rico
It strikes me that the fact that the asshat governor in San Juan is pro statehood is probably a big strike against the movement. I’ve long thought, since we lost the bases, that we should just give PR independence.
Comey
As the Democrat operatives with bylines were wont to say about Trump for months, the “walls are closing in” on him. I hope that the Horowitz report is worth the wait. It was supposed to have been out by now, but Sperry is now saying September.