Off topic, but Important: It was good to see that multi-party visit of MPs to Taiwan. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202211290018 I see that Australia is going to do something similar. It woudl be g… (View Post)

Among the political films I like are Duck Soup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Soup_(1933_film) , The Great Dictator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Dictator , and The Last Hurrah: https… (View Post)

When I was growing up -- I turned 79 in August -- offenses, ranging all the way from a minor insult to murder, were ranked in importance by American journalists roughly as follows: 1. white attacks w… (View Post)

In the US "many younger voters are hungry for new blood". If we had such a big vampire problme, I think it would have received more coverage, even from our journalists. (View Post)

Since it gets discussed here so often, I'll make two comments on the great lab leak/zoonosis debate: First, I think it unlikely that we in the West will ever know the answer for certain, unless … (View Post)