The Kavanaugh hearing feels like a sea change; surely, decades from now, historians will mark it as another moment in the decline of the United States. It felt like everyone in the world (granted, in my limited circles) was aware of and watching with horror and disgust. The woman giving her testimony, and then the […]
Horizons
Several days without writing, for which I apologise. Work has been very intense indeed, about 500 pages of reports needing the usual heavy handed editing, to be done in a tearing hurry as usual. But the first edit of the last is now in my Drafts folder and will be sent shortly. US politics is […]
Moreover
The dam on one hand. The dam on the other.
Rejection
I have never felt so inclined towards giving up my Pakistani nationality. Really upsetting. Laanat on all their faces.
Blackadder, Pakistan
The Gentleman Friend has pitched a comedy series modelled after Blackadder about the Pakistani Supreme Court. I think it would be hilarious though the comedy might be very black indeed. We could have all kinds of shenanigans. The Chief Justice’s dam fund. chaapas and honey pots will provide very good material, particularly in contrast to […]
The end of this world
I keep thinking that these are the end times. This does not really distinguish them from other times, since I don’t really have any kind of progressive vision of the world. But I think we are moving, inexorably, towards the end of a phase, the deterioration of global lipservice, at least, to a rules-based world […]
What to say?
The news of John McCain’s death left me rather double-minded. I do think his vanity overcame his reputation as an upstanding man rather thoroughly, and his moral compromises were less than admirable. I remember him being feted for that famous exchange with a supporter who said she was worried Obama was Arab, and he replied […]
The other side
After the night’s unrest a quieter day passed though I still worried all day, since the Gentleman Friend’s way of expressing illness is different enough from my own that it is difficult for me to assess how ill he is, and whether something needs to be done. I made daal and rice for dinner – […]
Two busy days
I had two busy days, having taken rather more than one could complete in a normal working day, so I was drowned in words. The best thing that has come out of the past days is probably that I am now fully clear on differences between youth, youths, etc. Basically, here’s the deal: youth singular, […]
Glimmer of possibility
Imran has addressed the nation. It’s a good speech. Miles away from Trump’s inauguration address, say. Imran is a notoriously khapti individual, who bashes his head against walls until he gets what he’s set his heart on, so maybe there’s a glimmer of hope, or at least the possibility of hope, that this may be […]