Off topic, I am back in the country after a couple of months on the US west coast, mixing business with pleasure. Here are some random observations, some of which I've made on here before: - the… (View Post)

A good and persuasive thread. I think the recent decision to raise taxes would be much more persuasive if there weren't so much unnecessary spending going on. But any government worthy of suppor… (View Post)

I never said they were equally poor, merely that it's an utterly uninspiring choice. (View Post)

Having just come from CA and talked to various people in Sacramento and LA I'd agree with this assessment. I'd also add the utterly dismal quality of the Republican candidate, whom even som… (View Post)

The other thing I've picked up during a couple of months on the West Coast is big disillusionment about Biden, especially but not only over Afghanistan, and especially amongst my moderate friend… (View Post)