Two from the New York Times Last Month: Chief Rational Remainer and Jennifer Senior on Trump

The New York Times last month had an article I greatly enjoyed: The Fame And Folly of Fighting Brexiteers with Logic.

This is James O'Brien, who's achieved YouTube fame arguing with radio callers who are pro-Brexit.

Here's his exchange with Nigel Farage:

“You’ve mentioned your discomfort at listening to foreign languages on a train recently,” Mr. O’Brien said.

“I made the point that I got on the train and went for several stops, and there were a lot of people around me and no one around me spoke English,” Mr. Farage said. “I didn’t object to it. I felt slightly uncomfortable.”

Mr. O’Brien went on to note, “Your wife is a German speaker.”

“Well, my children are, too, yeah,” said Mr. Farage.

“Does that make you feel uncomfortable?”

“No, because they can speak English, and the whole point —”

“How do you know those people couldn’t?” asked Mr. O’Brien.

Just search Youtube "James O'Brien" and enjoy!

Here's Jennifer Senior, whose Trump quote for the same week wins my award:

"When I imagine [Trump's brain], I imagine a bug zapper in a drizzle. Bzzzzzzzzzzt. Fzzzz. Bzzz fzzz bzzzzzzzzzzt." The article is here.