Diary, Politics
I have two sentiments about impeachment. One the one hand, I am sad that Trump whose actions are clearly worse than what Nixon did and that he will not get removed from office and I pitty Republicans who have to defend actions that are indefensible. But I also acknowledge that congressmen and senators reflect accurately what their masters the voters want. 48 percent want Trump removed and 48 want him to be left in office and face voters judgments next November. Here is a very interesting graphic courtesy of the Walll Street Journal that shows that congressman vote largely reflecting what their constituency wants. Impeachment
Diary, Astute Observations
The public at large believes Trump illegally pressured Ukraine, but the majority does not yet want to throw him out of office. USA today published a great homage to Sherlock Holmes courtesy of an independent senator from Maine. Homage to Sherlock Holmes in current Impeachment Trial
Diary, Politics, Travel, Europe
PM: My own sense is that the likelihood of the UK breaking apart has increased substantially with Boris Johnson becoming the prime minister of the UK. Here is a good summary of we know about King Boris. The new PM’s rise to No 10 is the carefully managed product of three decades of a show stage-managed by and about himself.Will King Boris lead the the UK to fall apart
Boris Johnson can’t be found out: we all know he’s bluffing
by Fintan O’Toole in The Guardian
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Peter Murmann: Inspring dicussion of the work of theatre director Ivo van Hove in the NY Times (Jan. 9, 2019) By Ben Brantley, Elisabeth Vincentelli and Jason Zinoman Who is Ivo van Hove and why are theatergoers saying such (thrilling) (furious) (mystified) things about him? How did the unassuming Belgian director, who since 2001 has made the theater company Toneelgroep Amsterdam his base of operations, turn into the most important auteur on the international stage circuit — and now a three-time Broadway director?The Demolition Artist: 3 Critics Debate Ivo van Hove
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