A general point about the teaching of history on slavery: In the US, we should definitely include the bad parts -- but that should not lead us to exclude the anti-slavery parts. In this nation, for e… (View Post)

Off topic, but important, especially if you think demography is destiny: "While India’s overall population is no longer skyrocketing, and in fact it’s quickly flattening, U.N. experts have proje… (View Post)

On topic: The April 4th issue of the New York Times included a dialogue between David Leonhardt and Maggie Haberman, with these two nuggets from Haberman: 'Trump has been trying to avoid being i… (View Post)

Thanks again to CycleFree for reminding all of us about these issues. (View Post)

Easter dates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_for_Easter (My favorite local Greek restaturant, Santorini Greek Grill, will celebrate Easter next week, if they follow their usual pattern.) (View Post)