Category Archives: Social Commentary

Economics, History, Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Social Commentary, War Commentary

J. D. Vance

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An interesting interview by Ross Douthat. I do think it provides useful insight into Trump.

[Update Monday afternoon]

Here is the Brit Hum post where I found the link, that allowed me to read the interview:

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History, Popular Culture, Social Commentary, Technology and Society

World’s Fairs

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Reflections from Lileks.

We went to New York in 1965 and Montreal in 1967. I remember on the way back from the latter we had to pull over and duck in a ditch for a tornado between Port Huron and Flint. New York had some things that later went to Disneyland, including the wretched “It’s A Small World.

I also went to Vancouver in the 80s, but don’t recall the year. I was particularly amused by the Romanian Pavilion (this was before the fall of the communists) that claimed they’d invented the airplane in 1906.