Thanks to all of you who responded to my question on inexpensive all-electric cars. Your answers were quite informative. (View Post)

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)