"That's not really true: the Palestinian Authority, run by Fatah, has attempted to negotiate with Israel." "Attempted to negotiate" is not the same as actually negotiating. W… (View Post)

FPT: One of the good things happening in the US is the slow recovery of our civil rights laws from the decades-long attacks (mostly from the left). The Supreme Court deserves the most credit for that… (View Post)

Off topic, but important: Mitch McConnell, despite his impending retirement, and his serious health problems, is speaking out: Headlines often say that Americans don’t support U.S. aid to Ukraine, bu… (View Post)

FPT: In the last years, of Obama's presidency, US life expectancy fell slightly. (Probably because of fentanyl and other drugs.) (View Post)

On topic: It depends on which plural rhymes best in the poem you are writing. (Some of you are talented enough to give us examples -- others talented enough to search for examples, already written.) … (View Post)