My favorite Christmas joke: Bill was wondering why his old friend, Joe, was so determined to get home at Christmas. The weather was bad, it was long trip, and so on. So Bill asked him: “Is it the cer… (View Post)

Cyclefree - Thank you so much for continuing to take on these difficult issues. You are one of the reasons why I have such high hopes for the UK. (More before the end of he year.) (View Post)

It is good to see that bettors are begining to agree with a conclusion that I came to soon after the 2020 election: Trump is unlikely to be elected president in 2024 (or 2028, or . . . ). It seemed t… (View Post)

One thing that is hard for non-Americans (and even many Americans) ot understand is that there is no "American model" of health care. Instead, there are a bunch of different systems, which … (View Post)

Comments on two newspapers mentioned earlier: I buy only the Sunday edition of the Seattle Times regularly so I can't say I have seen all their education articles. But what I have seen makes me … (View Post)