Jacob! Old Cato colleague here. I read and loved this piece before I even checked the byline. Imagine my surprise! Makes me triple glad/proud to have known you. Keep up the good work, my friend
Don't forget that RFK, a few weeks ago, said they'll be "manufacturing proof" about TDS, and suggested it makes one an unfit parent. The path to pathologizing political opposition is well-trodden historically, and clearly ongoing.
Jacob! Old Cato colleague here. I read and loved this piece before I even checked the byline. Imagine my surprise! Makes me triple glad/proud to have known you. Keep up the good work, my friend
Thank you and great to hear from you! Hope you're doing well. (By the timing of this comment, I obviously haven't been logging into Substack much)
Don't forget that RFK, a few weeks ago, said they'll be "manufacturing proof" about TDS, and suggested it makes one an unfit parent. The path to pathologizing political opposition is well-trodden historically, and clearly ongoing.
My favorite was the people who said I shouldn't get worked up about Greenland because people say stuff during campaigns, he obviously don't mean it.
And the patient is USA itself
Well done. I wonder how historians will describe this period in US history? Our own mental breakdown?