On injury rates in women's sports: Some years ago, I read that the highest rate of injury in any high school sport in the US is women's cross country. You can find some supporting evidence … (View Post)

Many years ago, I picked up an Associated Press Stylebook -- and was surprised to learn that news folks define North America as "Canada, Mexico, the United States, and Danish territory of Greenl… (View Post)

Perhaps the best-known comment on the Supreme Court and elections came more than a century ago: "At least the court’s tortured reasoning was understandable when it decided that the United States… (View Post)

I was against gerrymandering in the United States before it was cool to be against it. I opposed it when it was (mostly) done by Democrats, for the same reason I oppose it now, when it is done by bot… (View Post)

Cyclefree asked: "I have looked. I get that. How, though, does public opinion help when a law comes to the Supreme Court?" What the Supreme Court decided was that the issue should not come … (View Post)