Off topic? The Washington Post chooses its first State of the Year: Indiana.This is a large part of why Indiana is The Post’s State of the Year. Twenty-one principled conservatives in the state Senat… (View Post)

Happy Christmas, and to all a good night! (View Post)

FPT: Andy_JS raised an important question about TV news. Decades ago, the wife of a friend asked me how a person could be well informed. (She wanted, I guessed later, to be a good citizen.) I came up… (View Post)

Nick Palmer asked: "I was at international (quasi-American) schools and we wouldn't have dreamed of celebrating Christmas or any other religious festivity. I've been surprised to find … (View Post)

Some years ago, I read about an apartment in Seattle that had only a mini-fridge and microwave in each efficiency apartment. (The rent was quite reasonable.) There have been times in my life when tha… (View Post)