Maybe time for an Open Thread

GftNC So much is happening in the world, and with (as Tina Brown called him) a berserk brontosaurus in the White House, the topics of possible interest seem endless. The Florida election after which Mar-a-Lago and Trump are now represented by a Democrat? The insider betting on the timing of US military (and PR) actions? … Read more

Politics thread

by GftNC One of my problems with the new settings, particularly since we now have a much greater frequency and number of threads (added to the short, if original size, list of Recent Comments), is that the list of Recent Posts is so short. It’s got harder to go back and check what is the … Read more

An experimental first post

by GftNC lj has asked for contributions from people with subscriptions (in my case the NYT and the Atlantic) of things that might interest the ObWi commentariat . It was hard for me to know what gift links to post that would appeal and that might provoke conversation, so this is an experimental first try. … Read more