As far as I can see, the leaked Supreme Court decision on abortion had no measurable effect on the best overall measure of party strength, the generic vote: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls… (View Post)

I should have given an example in my previous comment; here's one from Fareed Zakaria: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/21/russia-ukraine-oil-production-saudi-arabia-uae-gulf-stat… (View Post)

FWIW, Serious thinkers in the US seem more and more to be agreeing on two things in foreign policy: First, we really need to switch to more nuclear power. Second, we need to put away smaller quarrels… (View Post)

Gardenwalker - Meet Calvin Trillin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Trillin Trillin has written three books on finding good food in America: American Fried; Alice, Let's Eat; and Third Help… (View Post)

Nick Palmer was arguing that those who work from home should be in the same time zone as their employer. Which reminded me of this story from Mike Mansfield, who ended his long and distinguished care… (View Post)