For those who haven't read enough about the US Civil War, here's a new book: 'Howell Raines, a former executive editor of the New York Times, is the author of “Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from… (View Post)

Those interested in families may want to read Melissa Kearney's book, "The Two-Parent Privilege". From the publisher's description: "In The Two-Parent Privilege, Melissa S. Kearney mak… (View Post)

Probably the best single source of information on violent crime in the US is the Census Bureau's Victimization survey. It shows a rise in violent crime between 2021 and 2022: https://ncvs.bjs.ojp.gov… (View Post)

bondegezou - If you look at the graph in the article again, you'll see that the largest drop in proportion of Republicans in journalism came between 2002 and 2013, from 18,0 to 7.1 percent, long befo… (View Post)

Off topic (but some will find this amusing): Las Vegas is looking forward to a huge number of weddings on the 31st. Why? Because, using the American convention, the date can be written 123123. Which … (View Post)