P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

ICYMI: David Brooks, Tacitus and Trump

February 1, 2026

The Coming Trump Crackup.

To explain the present, NY Times op-ed columnist David Brooks reaches back to ancient Roman historian Tacitus. Brooks draws parallels between what the historian saw in the 1st century and what is happening in the 21st.

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