Progress (of a sort) comes to South Africa

It's meaningful that the iconic Nelson Mandela's ANC has finally lost its majority

Hale fellow, well met, perhaps a little corrupt

It has been noted with fanfare that more people are eligible to vote in 2024—over 4 billion—than ever before. But that includes pretend voting in countries like Russia that hold sham elections. So, let us instead focus on what's real and celebrate actual advances as they come. There has been one this week, …