Probably less invasive than a rectal endoscopy, unless the scar is psychological. Especially for those of us familiar with rodding drains. (View Post)

That type of thing is more what I would see Mamdani doing. He also has some very difficult institutional things to do, such as tackling the NYPD. If I look at an overall trajectory, I would perhaps e… (View Post)

So a repeat of the 1920s/1930s America First playbook, when the immediate consequence was that the USA spent about half a decade longer than other comparators (eg Europe) recovering from the Great De… (View Post)

I've never tracked the history of that in detail; it's in my window of shadow in the 30 years before I was born. I'm sure there will be about 6 Letters from America if I look at the ar… (View Post)

I'm alive to historic problems with the adoption system, comprising to my eye how it is run, support, and sometimes overreach. Which I speculate may have a similar component of local authorities… (View Post)