




November the fifteenth begins in the dark with one window lit above the sea, and ends between the flags of the gilded ballroom with the sentence: he is tonight announcing his candidacy for President of the United States. Three days later the Attorney General names a special counsel — for the documents, and for January the sixth — and his answer arrives at full volume: the polls are strong since Tuesday, hence the prosecutor. Saturday the platform that banned him votes to open his old door; he does not walk through it. The candidacy and its hunter are four days apart.
Readers' Corner
Letters from the readership on Week 388. Pick a pen name — no account needed.
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