Jim_Miller

I'm surprised that Dr. Foxy didn't mention the potential bad healh effects of globalization. The more we travel around, the more we give opportunities for dangerous, and even deadly, microbes to spre… (View Post)

Also off topic, but almost certainly of interest to most of you: Many of you are asking the wrong question about US politics: You should be asking why Kamala Harris lost, more than why the Loser won.… (View Post)

One kind of state subsidy that has my approval: Some states, as part of their efforts to attract a company, will promise to train employees, usually for jobs that require a year or less of training. … (View Post)

Here's a stray thought: Suppose that Starmer and Reeves suspect that to revive the UK economy, they need to copy some of what more successful American states have been doing in recent decades, for ex… (View Post)

TimS said: "Now it’s all IQ, and bizarrely specific. I mean who the fuck has actually done an IQ test since the age of about 8?" Since 1955, good high school students in the US routinely ha… (View Post)