Seeing the Lincoln Memorial — a secular temple to the man who was, in my opinion, the greatest American leader of all time — festooned in UFC banners is beyond offensive and rage-inducing.
I also have a song lyric that I *really* want to post as a summary of my feelings about the White House’s UFC event, but my wife has made very clear that I’m not allowed to do so.
There is a non-zero chance that the allusion to Chamberlain was intentional.
Can anyone recommend histories of France post-1945? I’m particularly interested in politics and intellectual movements (and already have Judt’s book on Blum, Camus, and Aron).
I have a couple of opinions that you’re really not going to like — they’re mostly about surveillance authorities and soccer.
If this is going to be stuck in my head for days on end, you all deserve the same fate.