On springtime – Ross Douthat in NYT:

‘Start with the Great Awokening that swept through American institutions in the summer following the murder of George Floyd. Social justice progressivism’s position at the moment might be characterized as a mixture of retreat and consolidation. The retreat is most obvious in national politics, where Kamala Harris would clearly like everyone to forget some of the more outré positions she staked out four years ago. But it’s apparent elsewhere in the culture as well: The reputations of Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo have fallen on hard times, corporate America is cutting D.E.I. jobs and university leaders are trying to tiptoe back toward political neutrality.’

(…)

‘Tax cuts and tax credits and abortion rights, a Democrat bragging about owning a handgun while her Republican rival endorses legal pot: I don’t expect it to last, but for at least the next six weeks, it’s springtime for neoliberalism.’

Read the article here.

Douthat can be funny, and he has a point.

Ideology is out.

You say your buzzwords, and then you move on to the next song.

Springtime for neoliberalism indeed.