Day 1,997: crass, wretched, gridlock
The country’s crass and obstructive political discourse only accelerates the drift to the extremes—and thereby makes solutions harder. In one way or another, much of Europe is caught in the same wretched trap.
The result, in France at least, is gridlock.
Artwork of the day
The Face of wretched Man, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Edmund_DulacStyle:Art Nouveau (Modern)Series:The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamGenre:illustration
Word of the day
crass: stupid and without considering how other people might feel:
wretched: unpleasant or of low quality:
gridlock: a situation in which no progress can be made:
Quote of the day
“The British are the only people in history crass enough to have made revolutionaries out of Americans.”
― Shashi Tharoor