Cyclefree - Good luck to your daughter. From what you have said about her, I am sure she will do well in the future. (View Post)

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)