Things that went whizzing by that I want to remember... First: James Robinson is scared at the large-scale soft treason of Republican actual and wannabee office holders, but I do not think he is scared enough. It is not at all clear to me that Trumpian populism has failed. Trump has failed. But neofascism remains a mighty powerful force. If James Robinson would talk to Trumpists, he would recognize that Trump did “deliver the goods”—they imagine that, before the coming of the plague, they were enjoying an unparalleled economic boom; and they are not mistaken to think that Trump delivered the hate he had promised against immigrants, against uppity Blacks who did not know and stay in what Trumpists continue to think is their proper place, and against r
And while you're at it, https://www.bradford-delong.com/2017/07/for-the-weekend-quantum-mechanics-in-your-face.html, which I believe was brought out from the archives not so long ago.