I'm sure it's just like the Greenland invasion. Shakespeare's quote about being "told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing" is completely apt. But the Ameri… (View Post)

If only our government were that decisive or competent. In fact, MTD has all the hallmarks of a classic public sector project - uncertain in purpose, incompetent in execution, expensive in delivery a… (View Post)

We clearly don't. The US gets by with 435 representatives for 340 million people. We have 650 for 70 million, plus the Scotch and Welsh. Of course much of the action in America is at state level… (View Post)

The Saudis should have built much more pipeline capacity across their country to the Red Sea and to Oman decades ago. Then we wouldn't be in this mess. Better still we shouldn't have withdr… (View Post)

Dementia is tragic. Really an earlier death is often better for all concerned, heartless though that sounds. My grandmother experienced terrible dementia for about a decade before dying. Classic Alzh… (View Post)