Off topic, but a different view on the David Brooks admission: New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia once confessed to making a mistake by saying: "When I make a mistake it's a beauty." He is … (View Post)

Oyster mushrooms eat nematodes. (I'll leave to others the question of whether a person eating an oyster mushroom is therefore a carnivore, once removed.) Since I learned that, I have been looking for… (View Post)

FPT: Republican voters are not completely hopeless on support for Ukraine: "Big majorities of Americans continue to support economic sanctions on Russia and sending aid and supplies to Ukraine. … (View Post)

Off topic, but I am semi-serious when I repeat this suggestion: If those dogs are really that good fighters, why aren't you sending them to Ukraine? (View Post)

On asylum: The US got into the asylum business after WWII -- and during the Cold War. Even now, we take in many, many refugees fleeing from some of Jeremy Corbyn's favorite nations. For example, some… (View Post)