In my slightly-informed opinion, true humans began with homo erectus, who made hand axes -- which would have evened out competition among men. They were different from their more ape-like predecessor… (View Post)

In the 2016 American election, some enterprising Putin people were able to inspire two opposing demonstrations in Texas. Czar Putin's goal is to divide us, in any way he can. Agents joining in a pro-… (View Post)

Why did so many voters see Trump as a plausible Republican president? There are many, many reasons for that, but one of them is the increasing leftism (and, I would say, decreasing fairness) of so ma… (View Post)

Related to the topic: I am old enough so that I can remember when some political experts thought many US voters didn't start paying attention to the presidential campaigns -- until after the World Se… (View Post)

Off topic, but timely: Earth Day, and no doubt news organizations all over the UK are giving extensive coverage to George H. W. Bush’s remarkable environmental achievements. And they were remarkable.… (View Post)