'Immoderate Greatness'

William Ophuls on why civilizations fail. Also: Oliver Anthony, country star rising

I’m up at 3:30 am because I just finished a livestream to promote the Live Not By Lies film project. I wrote this while I was waiting for the thing to start. Was going to send it at noon tomorrow, as usual, but it strikes me that most of you American readers aren’t yet in bed. So here you go!

Towards the end of Sebastian Morello’s great filmed interview…