such as it is

We keep hearing about all the goods that will become more expensive for Americans thanks to Donald Trump’s tariff policy, such as it is: clothing, shoes, cars, food, especially anything imported from China.

Growing up in a world ruled by social media and social Darwinism — and an older generation’s cluelessness as to what that entails — does, however, form a background to the narrative, such as it is, along with exchanges on the meaning of masculinity and the distorting power of teenage self-image.

According to this very intriguing NY Times article by a whole passel of top reporters, Musk's political philosophy, such as it is, was gelling in the fall of 2023 when he attended a $50,000 a head dinner party in Silicon Valley for entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy who was running for president.

The story, such as it is, involves Chewbacca’s mission to return to his home planet of Kashyyyk to celebrate Life Day.

There’s something sort of dutiful about the show’s sociopolitical humor, such as it is, which exists more to give the characters something to bat around than to say anything substantial about How We Ought to Live Now.