The Power Link

There is more in common between two deputies of whom one is a revolutionary and the other isn't, than between two revolutionaries of whom one is a deputy and the other isn't.

- Robert De Jouvenal 

Great Stuff

 

Find Something Beautiful Today

[Photo by Pedro Lasta at Unsplash]

Romans, Oxford Debates, and More

 

The need to preserve toughness in a world of distractions.

[Photo by Veit Hammer at Unsplash]

The Re-Writer

Getting down to the final copy of the novel. 

Multiple drafts. Double-checking items. Avoiding duplications.

And, of course, scrawling down those "middle of the night" ideas. 

In this particular case, they have been surprisingly good.

Lex Fridman: State of the Art in A.I.

 

Two Videos Resembling A.I. Predictions

 

Nixon Gets a Closer Look

James Rosen's recent story in The New York Times about the recently released testimony of former President Richard Nixon deserves wide attention.

There was a "deep state" and there is no reason to believe it went away.

Richard P. Nathan's The Plot That Failed: Nixon and the Administrative Presidency is on my 2026 reading list along with Silent Coup: The Removal of a President by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin.

Am also re-reading William Safire's Before the Fall: An Inside View of the Pre-Watergate White House.

Brutal

 

British Political Humor and Commentary

 

Yes, he's still out there.