I hesitate to mention this, given the high emotions on the subject, but when I was a kid, if you said someone was trying to "pass", you usually meant a light-skinned black person was trying… (View Post)

Judging by his recent actions, California Governor Gavin Newsom is running for something. (He's been campaigning in Mississippi and, more recently, in Florida.) And he's been claiming, with… (View Post)

Here's a problem for those who believe in reparations: "In 1800, when she was about 12 years old, Sacagawea and several other children were taken captive by a group of Hidatsa in a raid tha… (View Post)

FPT: Here's some data on egg prices from this part of the US (Seattle suburbs): The most common egg packages now sell for $3.39 for a dozen large eggs. (That has been true for several months now… (View Post)

Very off topic, but this story cheered me up, and might do the same for some of you: "Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and a bipartisan group of House lawmakers met with Taiwanese President Tsa… (View Post)