Ben Stokes is, by some measures one of England's greatest ever Test cricket captains. I'm amazed that we seem to be poised to throw that away over an issue with alcohol. (View Post)

It's not a matter of celebrating that one is stuck behind someone driving more slowly than you are comfortable doing. It's a matter of co-operating with other road users so everyone gets to… (View Post)

At some point there was a pronouncement that everyone's profile should be public, so that people could more easily search their comment history, but I think this was only ever enforced on Leon, … (View Post)

Anyway, I took this photo of a rather lovely Irish Marsh Orchid in the garden yesterday. So I guess I own a marsh - or a field as they call it here in ireland. (View Post)

I agree with that, and yet it is insufficient. People generally do not make decisions or choices on the basis of a rational evaluation of well-attested facts. They make a judgement, based on part on … (View Post)