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The world is different today.
Last night, for the first time, a woman accepted a major party’s nomination for the presidency of the United States. (I know, we all know this. I just wanted to say it again because it qualifies as a genuine, 100% Big Deal. I only wish my mom had been here to see it.) One of…
Nobody likes the smart girl.
Recently, I had conversations about The Election with two friends of mine—one male, one female, both educated, intelligent people with whom I enjoy a little verbal political sparring from time to time. I came away fairly unsettled. F1 and F2, you see, don’t know each other, and are very different demographically, socially, and politically—and yet…
There and here.
London has a new mayor, and the phenomenally accomplished Sadiq Khan—with a biography any good socialist would cheerfully give his or her left arm for—has been receiving congratulations from future colleagues worldwide on his victory in the election, which boasted the highest turnout ever for a mayoral contest. The mayor of Paris swoons over his…