There's a fair bit of confounding on the relationship between any sort of success and IQ. Desire is probably more important, and many of the smartest people have decided to play a different game… (View Post)

Some bad news. We could do with him right now. Tom Lehrer, the sardonic singer-songwriter-pianist who rose to national fame after his dark, tartly funny topical songs were used on the comedic ‘60s TV… (View Post)

Suppose the question is- can you prove that they are paying passengers? (See the old "honesty box/raffle ticket" approaches to unlicenced speakeasies for good causes back in the day.) Where… (View Post)

Talking of the cost of children, striking chart in today's Sunday Times; https://www.thetimes.com/article/f4ddc30a-b20c-4bfb-9e86-3d871cf267d6?shareToken=4ced4db14cfb28bf979d2a037148c6c7 That fe… (View Post)

Irregular verb. I tell the truth about our problems, You talk the country down. (View Post)