On topic, indirectly: Too bad about the loss of the Rubymar: "A British cargo ship sank in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants, taking some 21,000 metric tons of fertilizer down with… (View Post)

The earlier discusion about murders of MPS surprised me, since murders of US congressmen are quite rare-- just 4 in the last hundred years in what is undoubtedly a more violent nation:… (View Post)

On homelessness in the US: Some months ago, in a WaPo column, Megan McArdle described a study that found that increasing homeless in US cities was positively correlated with increases in the minimum … (View Post)

Here's John Podhoretz's explanation for why Haley is running: https://www.commentary.org/john-podhoretz/my-nikki-haley-theory/ "Haley is running in case Trump loses. She will have been the last … (View Post)

Like JosiasJessop, I enjoy talking to people I have just met -- most of the time*. Since the US is in a bad mood these days, I often start by telling the people jokes, or funny stories: For example, … (View Post)