Teddy Roosevelt was shot during the 1912 presidential campaign. He gave his 90 minute speech anyway, while bleeding from his wound. He still lost to Woodrow Wilson. (View Post)

There were two assasination attempts on Gerald Ford -- but he still lost to Jimmy Carter. (More narrowly than most people realize. As I recall, he woudl have won the electoral vote had there been sma… (View Post)

ProRata and Andy_JS - In the US -- and, I suspect, the UK --rather few books are being published that might appeal to boys. And that shortage is in spite of the astonishing success of the Harry Potte… (View Post)

The problem with Burgum as a running mate for the Loser is that Burgum is too obviously fit to be president -- unlike the Loser, Biden, and Harris. (In the US such a combination is sometimes called a… (View Post)

On topic, tangentially: Anyone interested in American environmental poliices should read Greg Easterbrook's "A Moment on Earth". https://www.amazon.com/Moment-Earth-Coming-Environmental-Opt… (View Post)