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Yves here. It can’t be said often enough that the apparent success of the Capitol seizure came about because the occupiers pushed on an open door. The mob looked to be 5,000 tops, a number that should have been trivial to keep away or at worst, overwhelm. We’ll have a better idea soon of much muscle these Trump opponents have, although the 24/7 media panic has given them a big boost. However, if no more than 50,000 show up at the Inauguration, they are paper tigers, and it would take over 1...

This blog was fourteen years old yesterday too, but we were too busy to make noise about it then. I hope you’ll give a big round of applause to everyone who has helped us get through a year that has been daunting even for the well situated: Lambert, Jerri-Lynn, Hubert Horan, John Siman, Thomas Neuburger, Michael Olenick, Clive, and our new contributor Nick Corbishley, our comments DJ Jules Dickson and our tech mavens Dave Jagoda and Keith Freeman. We also want to thank our commentariat, who...