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)

I wonder how a Trump operative managed to con those Guardianistas into campaigning for him. Will he be able to get them to campaign in Irish working class neighborhoods? That would be one obvious pla… (View Post)

Here's a Republican that deserves support: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Herrera_Beutler Dr. Foxy -- and almost every mother -- will admire her personal story. (For the record: I am not a … (View Post)

Mexicanpete said: "This has been the hallmark of this election. The Washington Post fact checking Harris and not fact checking Trump." Glenn Kessler has caught the Loser for more than 30K f… (View Post)