Apologies for a bit of silence. The computer system here crashed horribly on Tuesday, what with the rubbish Sasser worm or whatever it’s called, and things have been busy for other reasons, too…
… And we missed a bunch of good Dead Socialists while I was quiescent: the implausible trio of E. Nesbit, Tito and Irving Howe… (There’s always next year. And last year.)