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Ruminations on empathy

Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies, One of my readers sent me the featured quotes. My visceral response was to demonise Musk and identify with Hannah Arendt—but then I started to ruminate, as I do. Is empathy the most essential feature of a successful society? The empathy quote is widely (but wrongly) attributedContinue reading “Ruminations on empathy”

Ruminations on Trump

Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies, One of my readers asked me last week what my latest views are on Trump. I am an obliging chap so here goes. Trump is a full employment scheme for journalists, sensationalists, comedians, and obscure bloggers. If we still relied on ink, we’d have a global shortage.Continue reading “Ruminations on Trump”

Ruminations on living outside the Overton window

Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies, On Monday, Elongated Rusk graced X with this gem: “We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the woodchipper. Could have gone to some great parties. Did that instead.” That’s it. That’s how the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced the collapse of the U.S. Agency for InternationalContinue reading “Ruminations on living outside the Overton window”