Always fair enough. Best to you and your family.

Saturday morning, watching Villa v Arsenal an pulling for Villa.
I hope that I had not come across as harsh. I disagree and that is all. No ill will towards you.
Enjoy your writing.
Have a lovely weekend.
Cheers.

What is the ultimate point to be gained?

I have read the post and the Substack and find neither convincing but certainly a splitting of hairs.

Kentucky & Missouri don’t change the reality. 11 of f 13 is a solid majority.
Oh, but they do. Perhaps not up North but certainly in the South.
And I was talking about the school in particular. That is why I noted students & professors.

Did the US lose Vietnam? I would think a huge majority would say yes but we never surrendered. We left with the borders officially intact. Yet most would agree that we lost and to argue otherwise is a bit of wasted breath and energy.

The Southern states seceded and lost. The South lost.
Did they have the support of everyone? Far from it but they still lost.
Not every student and professor at South Carolina might support the football team but yet after they lose it is rightfully reported that South Carolina lost.

A bit of tilting at windmills on this tangent. Did the US win the Revolutionary War? No, each colony won. Did the US lose Vietnam? No it was South Vietnam’s loss. The more picayune one goes the less the argument ultimately matters.

Like a layup for @anneapplebaum.bsky.social & anyone at @theatlantic.com

No Chicarito, just four dudes who played other sports?

A broken clock is right twice a day, I’ll pass.

There you go.

Why is he still the lead negotiator after resigning?

Is that not Yermak?
I thought he resigned.
Why is there?

Ben Whiteman, spell check error