The Loser is not a conservative. A conservative would not want Putin and Kim for best friends. (Bernie Sanders might, or at least as friends. As you may know, he honeymooned in the old Soviet Union.)… (View Post)

viewcode- There are similar restraints on house building in many parts of the US, which have similar effects to those in England -- which won't surprise you. (Historical note: Levitttown was built on… (View Post)

Since you are discussing housing, an observation from American experience: When there is a disaster in the US that destroys hundreds, or even thousands, of homes, the Federal Emergency Management Age… (View Post)

Why were some wearing cheese hats at the Democratic convention? Almost certainly to advertise their home state of Wisconsin -- which produces billions of pounds of cheese every year: https://www.wisc… (View Post)

Off topic: As someone who was living in Chicago in 1968*, I should tell you that the convention that year was not a great success for the Democratic Party. There are enough similarities this year to … (View Post)