Jim_Miller

The elder Cuomo once said "You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose." He was wrong, of course: You should, mostly, campaign in prose, and, on many subjects, govern in numbers. For exampl… (View Post)

Reminder: The Loser surrendered to the Taliban. (View Post)

During the first Trump administration, I came to this general conclusion: A competent, honorable person could work for him. (Some did, and often reduced his harmful effects.) As long as they did not … (View Post)

Major territorial gains by the US: Louisiana purchase: bought from France in 1803 (If you want to say that France did not control most of the territory at the time, I won't quarrel with you.) Florida… (View Post)

Coffee is grown in Puerto Rico, as well as Hawaii. The history surprised me: "Coffee production in Puerto Rico has a checkered history between the 18th century and the present. Output peaked dur… (View Post)