There are three recent Supreme Court decisions that bode well for American democracy: First, of course, is Dobbs, which has made us less of a kritarchy, by restoring control of the issue to the peopl… (View Post)

In my area, there is an extensive network of public buses, none having more than one deck. In addition, I often see private buses ferrying Google and Microsoft employees around. The buses are private… (View Post)

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. As of 18… (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)