I think a group of bigwigs is called an "entitlement" or an "insistence."

Maybe it's for very small shoes?

LOL My brain is a little slow this week,, so for a hot second I thought this was a Sunstein piece appearing in Liberal Currents.

I'm going to turn around my floundering career by launching a rapid- response political science assistance unit.

If they were having a political theory or international relations problem I would have rushed to their aid.

Now I'm on an almost new Airbus 220 and they had to do a cold boot of the plane because the computer was frozen. Looks like the OS loaded okay though. It was getting pretty dank in here.

I very nobly restrained myself from engaging in any "I'm a doctor of philosophy" antics.

First time I've ever experienced the "is there a doctor on the plane?" thing. There were two!

Our passenger appears to be okay. A symphony of cooperation between the air crew, EMS, and passengers.

They sent a special truck to enhance my calm.

Thanks! Anxiety is peaking but I'll be on the way soon.

Anyway LOL my anxiety about the politics of knowledge must take a back seat to my early-flight anxiety as I catch the late bus to the airport...

I think we're set for a showdown between the tale-spinners and reality. Unfortunately we're all caught up in it, so things may go quite wrong before it blows back on the people responsible.

Patocka talked about "the hardness of the real" & I think it will reassert itself but not without trouble.

Hey, if it helped you prepare, then it's good I guess?

Best of luck to you.