FPT: On cats seeking better weather: Robert Heinlein wrote a novel which begins with that subject. Here's how he explained the inspiration:When we were living in Colorado there was snowfall. Our… (View Post)

On your housing problem: May I recommend -- half jokingly -- a successful American solution. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin, and lived in a series of them while he was growing up. The last o… (View Post)

Off topic, but this may amuse many of you. The WaPo is unimpressed by Seattle's mayor-elect:Katie Wilson, an activist with even less experience than New York’s Zohran Mamdani, narrowly defeated … (View Post)

A small election report:BELLEVUE, Wash. — Longtime Bellevue Councilmember and former mayor Conrad Lee has lost his re-election bid after more than three decades in office... to a candidate who wasn&#… (View Post)

Long term, or short term? Since I have seen the argument many times here on the two-child benefit limit, let me make a point that seems obvious to me: In the short term, children are, net, consumers;… (View Post)