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Nostalgic for autocracy?

Somewhere in the past few days I saw a brief video of a MAGA woman saying, yes, she’d like Donald Trump to be an autocrat. She’d like that, autocracy. I think she meant as long as the autocrat was her … Continue reading

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What’s doing in the world of autocrats and autocrat trainees?

It’s unusual when Harper’s Weekly Review has an expansive block of facts on one theme. Today, though, I didn’t have to be too clever to understand what Harper’s is getting at: the behavior of Big and Little Brothers all over … Continue reading

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“Woke” Chronicles: Every day on Twitter I see this and am sickened

I like Twitter. It gives me short breaking news items 20 minutes before the Times publishes the full story. Some days, like today, everyone I follow has picked up on and has something to say about one piece of news. … Continue reading

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