As with 99.7% of my writing, I’m here at my desk this morning because I’m supposed to be doing something else. This brings a helter-skelter, seat-of-the-pants energy to what would otherwise be a dry, even dusty, exercise: the update on national affairs.
I’m not here to make predictions. I always like to get that disclaimer out of the way while people ar…
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