The Russians know exactly what buttons to press don’t they? How much of recent Western political history is real, and how much is a big Russian amplifier turned up to 11? Explains why they so readily… (View Post)

Mexico is one of those countries where, if you’re moderately rich and stick to the safe areas, you can live like a king. That’s usually a sign of a middle income country with stark wealth inequality.… (View Post)

It tells you one important thing. Gen X came of age in the 1990s and we’re now in charge of the media, politics and education. Stand aside boomers, a new nostalgia machine is in town and it’s carryin… (View Post)

The US manufacturing base saw investment levels off the charts across not only the rust belt but the majority of red states in the last 3 years thanks to Biden’s IRA tax credits. Not only was that ma… (View Post)

English churches still feel much more lived in and welcoming than French ones, which are more like intact archaeological remains. They do occasionally have services there - we once went to an Easter … (View Post)