two-party system

Two questions to ask of supporters of the two-party system

Every once in awhile the pollsters, who no doubt recognize their outsized voice as megaphone-bearers of American political opinion, ask the American public -- when it's least important -- this big question: "Does the US need a major third party?" This one was back in early 2021:

The debate about "Don't Look Up"

Okay so full disclosure: I haven't seen the movie "Don't Look Up." I don't have much patience for movies; I tend to reduce the whole of a movie to the director's viewpoint, and resent the restrictions upon my imagination imposed by the medium of film (as opposed to print, in which I am obliged to imagine nearly everything depicted).