One of my favorites among political movies is "Duck Soup". (I suspect I would give a nod to Chaplin's "The Great Dictator", too, if I had seen it within the last 40 years.) (View Post)

Off topic: Mitch McConnell defends the independence of the US Supreme Court. And he has the numbers on his side: "During the latest term, according to calculations produced by my staff, the cour… (View Post)

On clothes, particularly work clothes: Some time ago, the local Google workers staged a protest* a few blocks away, and so I went up to look at it. And was amazed by the uniformity of their dress: Th… (View Post)

Two unrelated side notes on the development of the atomic bomb: Recently, I read that developing the B-29 bomber cost more, and took longer, than developing the atomic bomb. (Wikipedia agrees, but I … (View Post)

kle4 said: "Harrison through to Coolidge seems to have been a brutal period for ex Presidents in terms of life expectancy." Assuming you mean the first Harrison, then you should know that t… (View Post)