I am haunted by the feeling that by 1970, unless we are successful, there may be ten nuclear powers instead of four, and by 1975 fifteen or twenty. — John F. Kennedy, March 21, 1963 The Desert Knows How to Keep Secrets The desert has a way of hiding things. The old Las Vegas mob…

Oh, here we go, folks. It’s the night before we hand over the keys to the country—not to grown-ups, not to patriots, but to a sweaty little mafia of insurrectionists, oligarchs, and fascists. And I’ve been chewing over Biden’s farewell address. You remember it? That strange little casserole of half-baked warnings, lukewarm self-congratulations, and a…