Merry Christmas and thank you stjohn for this brilliant pb institution. If I can kick things off with 21 across, I believe the answer is entryism. (View Post)

Yes! There's an awful lot going on in It's a Wonderful Life, it's a remarkably good film. You have the Christmas Carol like device of George seeing visions of an alternative world - al… (View Post)

Manifest destiny! (View Post)

China joining the WTO in December 2001 was the most important event of the 21st century. It accelerated the loss of Western manufacturing jobs, leading to the rise of Trump and Brexit. It led to good… (View Post)

My grandmother made it to 96, but yes you're right, I probably should have had the midlife crisis already. Maybe I have - I have done quite a bit of community theatre and written two unpublished… (View Post)