Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Oops--to clarify: the latter. I don't like the use of it to mean "raises the question." As others have posted, language does change over time, but when I hear "begs the question" for "raises the question" (instead of 'assuming what needs to be proven') it sounds like a wrong note in music.

Not a word, but an expression—“begs the question”-

Yes to more #ballet posts on Bluesky.

Thousands? Glad to see some coverage, but...does no-one at the New York Times know how to add?

On the "yes, but..." front: Brooks calls the Ocasio-Cortez/Sanders' rallies the "only hint of something larger" contra Trump & ignores the hundreds of thousands of people at "hands off" rallies on April 5th-even though the latter were arguably closer to his vision of a nonpartisan coded protest.