Malmesbury

The problem was trying to preserve the existing *companies*. Thatcher worked very hard to bring various foreign car manufacturers to the U.K. Where they found they could produce excellent cars, at re… (View Post)

Bruce Schneier often says that a key characteristic of a good security system is that using it correctly should be the easiest and most obvious option. I’d say that goes double for road layouts. (View Post)

Use of Weapons is probably the high point in the series. Player of Games is a good introduction to the setting. (View Post)

The traditional, progressive, approach is that the protected group should “win” when there is an intersection of rights. It’s the simple answer that avoids thinking or appearing to compromise. In thi… (View Post)

Various groups in society require more protection than others. This is a recognition of facts. Women, for example. (View Post)