This may be a good time to recycle some of those old Cold War jokes. For example, in 1987 Boris and Ivan are discussing how the Soviet Union works. Boris says, "You know, Ivan, I think this must… (View Post)

Peter Hitchens' wasp metaphor doesn't work well for anyone who knows even a little bit about wasps. Most species of wasps live by preying on insects and spiders, which they kill by stinging… (View Post)

I think that Putin's war -- if it occurs -- will be bad for Russia, as well as Ukraine, and eastern Europe, generally. After the damage done by Communism, Russia needs decades of peace to heal, … (View Post)

Today is Abraham Lincoln's birthday, which I think deserves more celebration than it currently receives in the United States. (In my opinion, that 's because so many of our journalists have… (View Post)

Gretchen Reynolds of the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/by/gretchen-reynolds) has been arguing for years that aerobic exercise is a good treatment for depression. It doesn't take much; … (View Post)