Hi all. I've been thinking about some of the essays and podcasts released here, mostly on Zohran Mamdani, and I have been reminded of a scene in Peaky Blinders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdI7P0TOLO4 If you haven't seen the show, Tommy Shelby (the main protagonist) is talking to Laura McKee (an IRA commander) about politics not going in a straight line, but rather a circle. If the socialist (which he is one) goes far enough left, you will meet the nationalist who has gone far enough right,

Seems....kinda weird

On a recent trip to the UK (to join my crew, to row at Henley, to celebrate 50years since we last rowed together) I was given a copy of this book. I could not put it down, and am raving about it to all my friends (non-oarsmen included). I am surprised that it wasn't chosen for your America at 250 series, nor has it yet been chosen for Things Worth Remembering. I have not watched the film, and I always feel that a film can never do justice to a book, but even if you have watched the film (and so