VDH is annoying to blog on though because he always writes like that. Forthright, to the point, pithy. Most writers have an extended introduction that can be skipped, unless it’s funny in which case it can’t, then they state their thesis, then they list some examples which can be skipped unless they’re interesting or funny in which case they can’t, then they ramble on some more which can usually be skipped, unless it’s funny in which case it can’t, then they tend to be quite accommodating and restate the entirety of their piece in the final paragraph or two with a resounding and eminently quotable closer. Whereas VDH states the general sort of arch-topic and then in short pithy paragraphs goes from sub-topic to sub-topic and ends with the rhetorical equivalent of “so that’s why” which leaves one either quoting the whole damned thing or none at all.