Spinalonga is well worth it. I was there, on 2nd October. The Eastern scenery is very bleak and beautiful. (View Post)

Illinois is hugely gerrymandered, at present, and New York would have been, had the State’s Supreme Court not struck down the intended boundaries. Which does not excuse North Carolina. Since the Repu… (View Post)

I went there at the start of the month. Crete is beautiful. (View Post)

True as well. Inheritance tax, on the other hand .... They've never even heard of email. (View Post)

Too many people have bought into the myth that history is a journey from Eden to Hell. It used to be only nostalgic reactionaries who believed that, but now it seems to be widely believed on the left… (View Post)