Off thread - I've just been to my youngest's Easter assembly. I will favour you all with a few thoughts: Again, a religious theme for Easter. I am mildly uncomfortable with this: I would im… (View Post)

Yes but 'most of the world' includes large swathes of the third world which is, frankly, whatever euphemisms we may employ, backwards, If you were to look at the developed world, American r… (View Post)

I read and re-read this and not until the fourth reading could I get it not to say 'I ran Central Park zoo', and I marvelled that this singular aspect of Robert's CV had not come up be… (View Post)

I would prefer to call it St. Pierre et Miquelexit. But I don't t think it can straightforwardly happen. St. P & M is legally just part of France like the Isle of Wight is part of the UK. It… (View Post)

No, be fair: running the world economy isn't a game, but chatting here IS a game, a bit. Consensus is a bit boring. At the very least, we need to be able to test that consensus. William is gamel… (View Post)