FPT: About sixty years ago, I was at a party and had just met a young, single woman. She told me that she was looking for a man who could support her in the way she was accustomed to live. Surprised,… (View Post)

Sean F. said: "My impression is that the Founding Fathers expected the institution to wither away, rather than to massively expand, in the South." Some of the strongest evidence for that im… (View Post)

Despite the official abolition of slavery, the 2018 Global Slavery Index estimated the number of slaves as 90,000 (or 2.1% of the population),[7][8] a reduction from the 155,600 reported in the 2014 … (View Post)

Two articles on Gaza: Ken Isaacs concluded: I observed GHF’s relief operations firsthand. What I saw was not a textbook distribution — because no textbook exists for a war zone such as Gaza, where te… (View Post)

"If someone at the UN intentionally stopped the escalator as the President and First Lady were stepping on, they need to be fired and investigated immediately." Reminds me, a little, of Ali… (View Post)