Early in the Trump presidency, I came to this tentative conclusion about working for Trump: That it was possible, and even desirable, for honorable, competent people to work in his administration. Th… (View Post)

Whenever one of these Scottish/English brawls breaks out here, I am reminded of a song from the musical, Oklahoma!. With some obvious changes in lyrics, "The Farmer and the Cowman", would m… (View Post)

The identification of "red" as the Republican color dates from about 2000, and was created by US news organizations, not the parties. Earlier, most scholars would have used blue for Republi… (View Post)

Here's the Washington Post's latest assessment of the war in Ukraine: 'The Russian military will soon exhaust its combat capabilities and be forced to bring its offensive in Ukraine’s … (View Post)

Tres said: "from my partner's social media, gaining support from both the pro-choice and pro-life sides:: 'using DNA as a verification, paternity for every embryo should be established… (View Post)