Here's a stray thought: I have been puzzling over the economic slowdown in the US (two quarters of of declines in GDP -- according to initial reports, which may be revised) at the same time we h… (View Post)

I've started on Deborah Birx's "Silent Invasion", and think some of you might find it of interest. It's a first-hand account of what we Americans got wrong -- and right -- in… (View Post)

It's a start: "The United States has now met President Biden’s goal, announced in March, to legally admit “up to” 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Vladimir Putin’s blood-soaked invasion. That adm… (View Post)

rottenborough said: "I recall reading something twenty years ago by a political analyst saying that America was basically a "pre-fascist" state. I think George W Bush was in office at … (View Post)

As a practical matter, those who oppose slavery can fight against it, NOW, by, for example, joining, or at least contributing to, this organization: https://www.antislavery.org/ And there are many pl… (View Post)