Can't help mentioning that in Randall Garrett's alternative history, the principal enemy of the Anglo-French empire is . . . Poland. The two squabble constantly over the minor German states… (View Post)

If you watch TV talking heads here in the United States, you would think that race relations here were terrible, and getting worse. If you were to watch many of the advertisements on TV, you would th… (View Post)

Off topic, but IMHO more important than any recent topics: From a Bill Gates opinion piece in the Washington Post: "In January 2000, a grim cover story in Newsweek forecast that as many as 30 mi… (View Post)

Off topic, but I thought you might like some positive news: Dolphins have been spotted recently swimming around New York City. source$: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/01/22/dolphins-ri… (View Post)

Off topic, but to some amusing, to others appalling, and for me, both: Birds of a feather flock together? "The Philadelphia Inquirer obtained a photo Trump took earlier this month at his West Pa… (View Post)