I don't know the etymology of the particular word, but would note that it's fairly common for US spellings to be be MORE faithful to early, pre-American, English spelling than are UK spelli… (View Post)

I think the figure of five is wrong - or they are counting it in quite a narrow way as those who have congratulated Biden and said Trump should now withdraw challenges (which I think would be Romney,… (View Post)

Yes, that's really important. You could, of course, segment data in all sorts of ways to show the vaccine was 98% successful on blondes born on a Thursday, but that would be meaningless. However… (View Post)

I think the only reason they'd take the case is if they collectively decided they wanted to provide some 9-0 closure. There's no serious constitutional point to address. (View Post)

Presumably a late reaction to Trump's latest setback in the Pennsylvania courts overnight - brutally scathing from a staunch Republican judge. But he remains poor value to back at any price, wha… (View Post)