Before President Joe Biden entered the White House, he consulted with several prominent historians about how to be a great commander in chief. Their answer: Grow government. Spend, spend, spend. Don't worry about blowing up the debt.
Air raid sirens and the threat of Russian missiles may not create the best environment for schooling, but it apparently is better than going to public school in San Francisco.
Roald Dahl was an unpleasant man — a snob, a racist, a cad, and a bounder — but at least he was consistent. His books are unpleasant, too. They are also funny, not least because comedy is cruel. Dahl’s theme was Charles Dickens’s theme, the cruelty of childhood. While Dickens wrote for sentimental adults, Dahl wrote for cruel children.