Right now, FiveThirtyEight makes Republicans the favorites to win the House, 72-28, and Democrats the favorites to win the Senate, 71-29: https://fivethirtyeight.com/ Off hand those odds seem a littl… (View Post)

Strunk and White say: "Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's. Follow this rule, whatever the final consonant. Thus write, Charles's friend Burns's poems the witch… (View Post)

You folks ought to get your new monarch some Fisher space pens: https://www.spacepen.com/ They write in zero-G, upside down, and so forth. I'm sure the company would be glad to make some for the… (View Post)

Here's a suggestion for Liz and Charles: 'Now — a decade after wildlife officials reintroduced them in southwest Virginia — there’s a herd of more than 250 elk in the region. “It’s a wildli… (View Post)

On showing deference: I walk a lot, and often encounter women on my walks. If they make eye contact, I give a small nod of my head to them, as one might when tipping a hat. Most women I encounter see… (View Post)