The basic rule of being a good person IMHO is to treat others as you would want to be treated. Follow that and you'll never go too far wrong. Some go beyond that and treat others far better than… (View Post)

There is a great song in Hamilton about George Washington and possibly his greatest contribution to American democracy, his peaceful transfer of power to his successor John Adams. Trump is no Washing… (View Post)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/14/autistic-children-culture-wars-kemi-badenoch I found this impassioned piece by John Harris (who has an autistic child) on Badenoch apparently rop… (View Post)

There is a lack of reality in the public discourse about the kind of money that even fairly mid ranking professionals in the private sector can earn. I get it that politicians shouldn't be in it… (View Post)

Productivity is usually measured as output per hours worked, so having a lot of people not working doesn't reduce productivity. If anything it should increase it as the people not working would … (View Post)