Let's hear it for Yoyo Tariffs! Hypnotic, fascinating, and delightfully ludicrous. And if you enjoy these, you are going to love Clay Pigeon Alliances. Kinetic, catastrophic, and entirely unpredictable!

What constitutes virtue signaling for those who believe that VIRTUE=PROFIT, that they are, in fact, synonymous? A yacht? A name on a building? A trip into space? A vacation compound in Florida?

How do I do that, April?

"You're not the boss of me!!" It is sad and dangerous when the cri de coeur of the voter who brought your President to power is indistinguishable from that of the average 8th grade boy.

Bluesky is full of influencers and names. I want to hear from people I know. My wise, clever, ingenious, outrageous and creative friends. I don't need influencers. I need you and YOUR ideas.

which is why government, which exists to “promote the general welfare” without reference to profit, is anathema to them.

In the world conceived by Musk and his acolytes, there is no justification for any public action or entity which does not generate profit. All of the facets of what we think of as “the public good” are properly by-products of the generation of profit

That profit is, in fact, the same thing as “good.” Which is to say, when you reduce it to essentials, that Profit is God.

What IS profoundly unsettling and potentially uniquely destructive is the belief which lies at the core of their assault—namely that profit and virtue are not only linked but synonymous.

The idea that a little greed drives the gears of commerce and provides a dynamic energy to the economy is neither new nor shocking.

The famous declaration by Michael Douglas’ character that “Greed is Good” falls short of encapsulating the wrecking ball creed of the operatives currently battering down the doors of American democracy.

A cat posting even I could not resist. But I'm a sucker for a lynx.

I'm thinking about Anton Chekhov on his birthday. In particular I am remembering his affection for the Ukrainian town of Sumy which he loved. Sadly it is now surrounded by devastation in a war he would have abhorred.

I'm new here. Is there a place to search for people you already know?