On the US Civil War, two thoughts: First, the US Army at the beginning of the war had about 16,000 soldiers -- half of them on duty keeping the peace (mostly) with the Indian tribes. Second, the Unio… (View Post)

FPT: There is no American health system. There are many, many health systems in the US, including one that has some similarities to your NHS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Health_Service As do… (View Post)

On working conditions for men and women: Years ago, I read about a problem a chip maker (Intel?) had. Their technicians were mostly women and the facility used "clean rooms", which meant ha… (View Post)

If you are hoping that certain Supreme Court justices will die, and be replaced by others more to your tastes, you can get a quick idea of the chances by looking at the CDC tables of life expectancy … (View Post)

The 23rd Amendment is why there is now a small chance of ties in the electoral vote. By giving 3 votes to the District of Columbia, it changed the total from odd to even. And so changed the odds from… (View Post)