Premise:
"Broadly speaking, I agree with the points David Plotz makes in . Congress has the sole power to declare war, and a bipartisan Congress and the president have cheerfully ignored that clear constitutional fact."
Hypothesis: Congress has never historically used their power to initiate a war.

it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"In the latter, the director used farce not to lighten the drama but to darken it, so that the slapstick debacles seemed to spring from the hero's roiling unconscious."
Hypothesis: The use of farce was quite successful.

it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"Thanks for a great read."
Hypothesis: I wanted to thank you for the reading.
yes