On topic: Inflation is cooling in the US: "The central bank has spent the past year raising interest rates to fight rising prices, forcing seismic changes for many households and businesses. Inf… (View Post)

GardenWalker asked: "This is v interesting. Why did these [Appalachian] areas support the Union? And were there commensurate areas in the north who supported the South?" The areas were then… (View Post)

A general point about the teaching of history on slavery: In the US, we should definitely include the bad parts -- but that should not lead us to exclude the anti-slavery parts. In this nation, for e… (View Post)

Off topic, but important, especially if you think demography is destiny: "While India’s overall population is no longer skyrocketing, and in fact it’s quickly flattening, U.N. experts have proje… (View Post)

On topic: The April 4th issue of the New York Times included a dialogue between David Leonhardt and Maggie Haberman, with these two nuggets from Haberman: 'Trump has been trying to avoid being i… (View Post)