Recent conservative history

 Found this article interesting in that it provides a clear history of the conservative movement or of the movements that elected republican presidents. The most popular comments (as counted by the NYT) are from the left and refuse to acknowledge the  unpopular positions (yes, elitist) that had allowed the victories of Bush and Trump. Funny, these comments are as woke as one could be.

East and West

 My democratic friends went beyond gerrymandering. No wonder the first electoral map was rejected by a democratic  judge. Now, the new idea of  merging the East and West Side of Manhattan is beyond imaginable.  Who do they want to eliminate? These two sides of NYC have a traditional rivalry, like Mets and Yankees....

Bad feelings today

 It seems there is an uptick of the expression "I feel like" especially in the usage of the younger generation. The incidence of expressions in the language, the   meaning or importance of such incidences s not something I am familiar with. So maybe I should not comment...

 The author of the NYT article argues that "there is no problem here", even when the expression is used instead of I think. I feel he may be right, but I don't think so.  This is a generation that avoids feeling unconformable, or unsafe.  Seems that in their view feelings may replace reasoning. I feel  thus I am?  I "feel" this is another nail in the coffin of the Enlightenment.