Tonight's Simplicius post crystallized some thoughts I had -- not about Joe Biden, whose address he covered, but, rather, about Simplicius as a Substack writer. Here I will try to assess weaknesses and strengths.

The starting point for this diary is Moon of Alabama's entry: The U.S. Wars Against Russia And China Have No Economic Logic Attached To Them.

Yesterday gjohnsit posted a preliminary discussion of the sanctions against Russia having failed. This is indeed true: they have. But it doesn't really stop there, as revealed in one of Simplicius the Thinker's most recent Substack posts. Here's a conclusion at the beginning of his essay: