Speaking of inflation, Frederick Lewis Allen gave some interesting US price examples from 1919, in his book "Only Yesterday": milk: 15 cents a quart sirloin steak: 42 cents a pound butter: … (View Post)

Just a reminder: The other statewide Republican candidates won by an average of 7 percent. Mitch McConnell must be grinding his teeth in frustration at seeing Trump -- for a second time -- sabotage M… (View Post)

Off topic, but Important: It was good to see that multi-party visit of MPs to Taiwan. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202211290018 I see that Australia is going to do something similar. It woudl be g… (View Post)

Among the political films I like are Duck Soup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Soup_(1933_film) , The Great Dictator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Dictator , and The Last Hurrah: https… (View Post)

When I was growing up -- I turned 79 in August -- offenses, ranging all the way from a minor insult to murder, were ranked in importance by American journalists roughly as follows: 1. white attacks w… (View Post)