NYT: Important article abot the dangers of centrism in the UK... and here

This guest op-ed in the NYT about the collapse of support in the UK for Centrist OM Starmer makes what I consider a very important point. The voters don't want cautious moderation from their leaders in the UK, nor do they from Democrats in our country. They was a program of REFORM, to correct the serious constitutional and rule-of-law problems that have arisen from our disastrous fling with real Fascism. But they also want a PROGRAM to actually address our problems. Cost of living, medical care, education, infrastructure, money spent on the people's needs not imperial grandeurm a tax code that favors working people and demands more from corporate profits and the very rich. We need Democratic leaders willing to step out in front and promise real change, both structural and in policy, to get our country back on track. It's a huge job and it requires dramatic, decisive leadership, not caution and centrism. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/opinion/keir-starmer-britain-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gVA.QJGt.f1EEnh65-exq&smid=url-share 

 

  

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"The answer" to life, the universe & everything isn't 42 (Sorry, Douglas Adams), but 1/137, known as the fine structure constant, α (alpha), a pure, dimensionless number equal to the proportional strength of the electromagnetic interaction between elementary charged particles (which is essentially everything we actually see and feel):

α = ⁠e²4πε₀ħc ⁠≅ 1/137.0

Why it has this value, very close to the ratio of two integers, and not some other arbitrary value, is a cosmic mystery.