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Tim Parks, writing about Cesare Pavese's The Moon and the Bonfires: "Only the landscape, eroticized as ever under a scorching sun, offers consolation, almost a substitute for the life of relationships and conflict." #SundaySentence

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/o... The second Trump administration’s ostentatious corruption, trade conflicts, military adventurism...have produced a new moment in international affairs: a nearly global grand strategy of countries distancing themselves from the world’s most powerful nation.

Opinion | The World Is Cutting Ties With America. It’s Already Costing Us. (Gift Article)When other countries cut ties, Americans pay.www.nytimes.com

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Opinion | America Was Being Played. The Bessent Doctrine Says Those Days Are Over.www.nytimes.com

Two truths draw near each other. One moves from inside, one moves from outside and where they meet we have a chance to see ourselves. "Preludes", by Tomas Transtromer, the great enigma: new collected poems (2011) #poem #poetry #nobelprize

Indeed, excellent.

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John Prine - The Great CompromiseYouTube video by FredCDobbs00youtu.be

I read this several decades ago and still celebrate how great it is. Highly recommended.