Despite their enmity, both men want and need each other politically, whether that’s what the country is interested in or deserves, or not.

Once you have attained fame you can never live as normal people do. Strangers want to approach you, some with good motives, some bad. The famous need security, locked gates, unlisted telephone numbers and people around to protect them and feed their egos.

The idea that prosperity must rely on strong population growth is greatly exaggerated. At bottom, it’s a kind of demographic Ponzi scheme, whereby the success of a society is fostered by an ever-larger younger generation supporting the smaller one before.

Special Counsel Robert K. Hur, appointed by the Department of Justice to investigate President Biden’s criminality, must expand his investigation to include potential Chinese Communist Party espionage. If Hur fails to do so, he becomes a national security liability.

Let us gather together as citizens living in a democracy and take responsibility for how we spend our time. The Doomsday Clock is an excellent way to measure that phenomenon as long as we don’t fall into the trap of helpless, hopeless despair.