Back in harness
I've just returned from two weeks, mostly skiing in the Sierra Nevada. So I hope my mind is cleansed and ready to confront an increasingly ugly world situation. The times aren't great for optimists.
Incidentally, it's a commonplace in certain European circles to say that no dissent can be broached in the US. That's utter nonsense. One straw in the wind that delighted me last week was the most prominent book display at the Hudson's Book Corner in the American Airlines terminal at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. In the centre, Jack Welch's vapid Jack: Straight from the Gut. Framing it on both sides was Michael Moore's Stupid White Men. I mentioned it to the woman at the till, who lit up in delight. "You're the first person to notice," she said. Alternative views are there, if you know where to look.
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