Playlist:

00m49s — Life in Derbistan. (London as it used to be.)

14m21s — Absimilation strikes. (At the cultural heart.)

24m49s — Life imitates fiction. (France debates.)

31m47s — GOP healthcare bill flatlining. (Richard Spencer meets Peggy Noonan.)

40m16s — Gorsuch no Scalia. (Let's be grateful for small mercies.)

42m35s — Data nerds alert! (The 2016 election demographics.)

44m18s — A terrorist passes. (Bill Clinton mourns.)

47m11s — Weasel word of the week. (An aid to magical thinking.)

49m15s — The great understatements. (The Japanese are no slouches.)

51m46s — Signoff. (And a sonnet.)