From the previous thread: That Guardian list does not include Huckleberry Finn, or any book by Asimov, Clark, or Heinlein. Which reminds me of a conversation I had with a good friend, recently. We ag… (View Post)

Smart kid: CHERNIHIV, Ukraine — On a cool evening last month, 12-year-old Anatolii Prokhorenko was up in a pear tree, cutting off a damaged branch for a neighbor, when he heard the buzz of a drone. A… (View Post)

DavidL - Some gangsters are competent, and some aren't. For examples of both, read Jimmy Breslin's The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight:The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight is t… (View Post)

The year 1879 was less of a disaster for the UK than it might have been, because it was a great year for US grain production, much of which was exported. This wasn't a new trade; during our Civi… (View Post)

dixiedean - Thanks much. (View Post)