One of the lessons of the #CummingsAffair - not yet over - is that there is always a sufficiency of journalists whose reflex is to support entitlement but pretend that they are doing so in the name of calm impartiality.

2. Yesterday evening, I interviewed @RBReich for @howtoacademy about his new book ‘The System’ which argues that the real battle of our times is not between Left and Right but between democracy and oligarchy. How bleakly true that is...

3. The purpose of Cummings et al is not to replace oligarchy with democracy - as they claim - but to purge their enemies from every institution in the land so that their own oligarchy is unopposed. Their appeasers should be ashamed....

4. The rest of us should not delude ourselves about what is at stake or be in any way complacent. There is no pendulum in politics, only human agency. If you’re not worried, you’re not looking. Be vigilant. To coin a phrase: Stay Alert ENDS.