There's a small story that helps explain why the Democratic Party is doing so poorly in rural areas. "Grizzly bears could get another chance at returning to Washington’s North Cascades, und… (View Post)

Minor correction: November 11th is now Veterans Day in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day (I forget who made that error.) (View Post)

Bari Weiss's essay, "End DEI", is insightful. And, like everything else I've read by her, it has a clarity that more of us should try to emulate. https://www.tabletmag.com/section… (View Post)

FPT: Sandpit asked: "Does the NY Times think that, if they keep writing op-ed pieces about how a vote for Trump will be the end of the world, it’s actually going to persuade anyone not to vote f… (View Post)

In the US "Oreo" is generally considered racist (black on the outside, white on the inside). And then there is "watermelon", for greens who are accused of being socialist on the i… (View Post)