One reason I have opposed all-mail elections is that ballots need not be secret. It's been a while since I regularly searched for stories of vote fraud -- but when I did, I found that it usually was … (View Post)

On the US Civil War, two thoughts: First, the US Army at the beginning of the war had about 16,000 soldiers -- half of them on duty keeping the peace (mostly) with the Indian tribes. Second, the Unio… (View Post)

FPT: There is no American health system. There are many, many health systems in the US, including one that has some similarities to your NHS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Health_Service As do… (View Post)

On working conditions for men and women: Years ago, I read about a problem a chip maker (Intel?) had. Their technicians were mostly women and the facility used "clean rooms", which meant ha… (View Post)

If you are hoping that certain Supreme Court justices will die, and be replaced by others more to your tastes, you can get a quick idea of the chances by looking at the CDC tables of life expectancy … (View Post)