Ethnic cleansing always looks deceptively simple and attractive to people sitting in armchairs in London or Washington with large scale maps, especially if they are basically ignorant of the region a… (View Post)

I doubt that a separate Palestinian state is viable - not geographically contiguous, the extreme Israelis and Palestinians would also constantly seek to undermine it and the Iranians would always to … (View Post)

But Morse has plenty of important lessons about contemporary crime. I learned that the three most important skills for a detective are an appreciation of real ale, crossword-solving ability, and a kn… (View Post)

Because murder is a state rather than a federal crime in the US it's a particularly good laboratory as there are many fewer cross-cultural differences than there are between American states. But it's… (View Post)

But when there is sufficient demand (for builders, widgets or whatever), supply adjusts as the price increases. More people will find it attractive to train or retrain as builders or bricklayers or w… (View Post)