Pulpstar - I admire your restraint; I could not have resisted this: "AdvanceUK retreats," if only in a headline. (View Post)

In the US, I observed years ago, cities with foreign policies had potholes in their streets. And, I am ashamed to admit, I was mildly pleased to learn that Miami, which had an anti-Castro foreign pol… (View Post)

Off topic: But I think a few here might find this a pleasant break: Seattle has a cricket team: https://www.seattleorcas.com/ Something I learned quite recently, when they got some TV coverage. (They… (View Post)

Speaking of Neanderthals, I am reasonably sure I am descended from them. A little:The first Neanderthal genome sequence was published in 2010, and strongly indicated interbreeding between Neanderthal… (View Post)

The Washington Post has doubts about "Equity" in college admissions:One target of the social justice movement of the last decade was standardized testing. Because average scores on tests su… (View Post)