On working conditions for men and women: Years ago, I read about a problem a chip maker (Intel?) had. Their technicians were mostly women and the facility used "clean rooms", which meant ha… (View Post)

If you are hoping that certain Supreme Court justices will die, and be replaced by others more to your tastes, you can get a quick idea of the chances by looking at the CDC tables of life expectancy … (View Post)

The 23rd Amendment is why there is now a small chance of ties in the electoral vote. By giving 3 votes to the District of Columbia, it changed the total from odd to even. And so changed the odds from… (View Post)

On topic: In 1992, I saw this bumper sticker, smiled, but didn't pick one up: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1457133671/annoy-the-media-re-elect-bush-bumper As American journalists moved left, they bec… (View Post)

Correction: Will's column was about the 14th amendment (birthright citizenship), rather than the 13th (ending slavery). https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-13/ https://www.archiv… (View Post)