In the 1982 edition of "The Penguin Atlas of Recent History" Colin McEvedy said, speaking of the Cold War: "Whether this situation is comfortable or not, it is certainly stable." … (View Post)

There are three recent Supreme Court decisions that bode well for American democracy: First, of course, is Dobbs, which has made us less of a kritarchy, by restoring control of the issue to the peopl… (View Post)

In my area, there is an extensive network of public buses, none having more than one deck. In addition, I often see private buses ferrying Google and Microsoft employees around. The buses are private… (View Post)

If this farm boy may make an obvious point: The industrial revolution was made possible by the farming revolution. Which, in turn, relied on the great Columbian exchange. It was about 1900 that more … (View Post)

Tim S. -- You may want to look at Colin McEvedy's "Penguin Atlas of African History". He claims that the slave trade had "no effect at all" on Africa's population growth… (View Post)