Spot-on review by Princeton PRof. Rhodri Lewis of Chernow's frustrating Twain, chocked with facts, lacking analysis\. My upcoming cultural history of the Linotype, Hot Type, has more literary examination of Twain's work than this. "Chernow loses the signal while amplifying the noise."

How Ron Chernow’s biography of Mark Twain misses the mark

This blockbusting book tells us everything about American literature’s founding father—except that which makes him interesting

How often must we repeat this? The merger of industry and government is fascism. The U.S. Is Discussing Taking a Stake in Intel https://www.wsj.com/tech/us-stake-intel-1ff24500?st=yDjTk9

Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook

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Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook| Moustafa Bayoumi

About 800 national guard troops will be deployed in the nation’s capital because, according to the president: ‘Our capital city has been overta...

A day off didn't calm Joe down. He's back this morning, ranting about crime in DC, trying to argue this isn't about race, and thinking a fascist takeover of the nation's capital is just ducky.

There is one answer to this question -- race -- but it's not the answer the #BrokenPost gives. Our national media are racism-blind. 1/

The story, which media keep missing, is not crime in DC. It is Trump's fascist plan to invade and intimidate (Black and blue) cities in America. All he needs is one Big Balls bruised. Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/12/national-guard-civil-unrest/

Look at all the ways the #BrokenPost tiptoes around calling fascism fascism. Mussolini said fascism is the merger of government and industry. Il Dumbo is "CEO of America," taking a "personal approach to running the economy," which "departs from traditional conservatism," a "risky role."

"In an unusual move..." That is the #BrokenTimes' anodyne entree to fascism, when government merges with industry through dictatorial extortion. Will The Times recognize it when it's not "unusual"?