A small election report:BELLEVUE, Wash. — Longtime Bellevue Councilmember and former mayor Conrad Lee has lost his re-election bid after more than three decades in office... to a candidate who wasn&#… (View Post)

Long term, or short term? Since I have seen the argument many times here on the two-child benefit limit, let me make a point that seems obvious to me: In the short term, children are, net, consumers;… (View Post)

Today is Veteran’s Day in the US, and so I would like to pay a small tribute to the veterans of World War II, with this reminder of how far they came: That task had started with the 16 million men wh… (View Post)

I have a little bias test for news organizations, thinking as I have for years that often bias is more in what news organizations choose to cover, and what they choose not to cover, or cover only min… (View Post)

On the BBC and related subjects: Years and years ago, the wife of a friend asked me how she could be well-informed, (She wanted to be a better citizen.) I thought a bit and told her not to watch TV n… (View Post)