Jim_Miller

Off topic, but perhaps of interest to many bettors in the UK: Here's a commend I just put up at Patterico's (a site run by an American lawyer: "What are the odds against the Supreme Court overtu… (View Post)

The big table here on WW II casualties may be more useful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties#Total_deaths_by_country (View Post)

I'm pleased to see an argument for assisted dying that mentions the financial gains it will bring to the public, and to families. Though I don't agree with it, I appreciate the honesty -- and will no… (View Post)

US history is more complex on race than you might learn from accounts in the Guardian. Take, for example, the career of George Washington Bush, a mixed race man who married a white woman, and was one… (View Post)

If you are interested in race relations in the US, I would recommend books by Thomas Sowell: https://www.amazon.com/Civil-Rights-Rhetoric-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0688062695/ref=sr_1_1 And John McWhorter: ht… (View Post)