Interesting, the guiding trope of the TLS this week is the deep state, as reflected in American thought. Given that the notion first surfaced in the LRB, describing political structures in the Arab states, the long arc of thought appears to have reached its end--and hopefully not its apotheosis. Like the other expressions, having reliably indicated a certain thing in being for a certain space of time. The bits of sapient mud will have to think up some new noises now.
