Off topic: View from the US. It is strange to hear of Farage's problems, since the banks here seem to want all the customers they can get. (There are exceptions of course, Donald Trump being an … (View Post)

FPT: Tom Wolfe's "Me Decade" has lasted, just as he thought it might, back in 1976. Here's the ending of that essay: "Where the Third Great Awakening will lead--who can presu… (View Post)

Off topic, but important: George Will plays contrarian -- and has some numbers to back him up: "Progressives’ obsessing about race is not only undiminished by decades of improvements in race rel… (View Post)

Good luck to Our Gracious Host on his bet. (I'm of the view that a functioning democracy needs at least two rational parties, so I don't want to see either Labour or the Conservatives wiped… (View Post)

kinabalu - Hope all goes well for you. (View Post)