> My parents voted for Trump. To say the least this is causing friction. So did my mom! Elon pushed her over the finish line. > I have a little trouble believ

> My parents voted for Trump. To say the least this is causing friction. So did my mom! Elon pushed her over the finish line. > I have a little trouble believing people like Mike Flynn have their safety and best interests in mind. I agree. But I think well-intentioned but ignorant moralists are even more dangerous. I’m shocked at how quickly the anti-imperialist left has flipped when State/the CIA put up some rainbow flags. > This hardly strikes me as a democratic sentiment or one that has anything to do with Constitutional governance. It’s orthogonal to constitutional governance. If someone isn’t politically accountable (either elected or a political appointee) then I’d rather they be competent than simply long-tenured. > I seem to remember an anecdote from partition of Bengal about a goat getting its head stuck in a pot and the village headman’s preferred solution being to decapitate the goat. We will find out.