Cordell Hull win in 1945. Who, you might well ask?! He helped set up the UN. The Red Cross won in 1944, and there was no prize awarded 1939-43. (View Post)

Trump cheats. There is a rational discussion as to how much he will cheat and what impact it will have. If you're betting on the result, you need to take that into account. Trump remains popular with… (View Post)

He's not a communist. He's further to the left than Kinnock, I'd say. Maybe not quite as far as Polanski? It's hard to compare: US and UK politics can be very different, and Mamdani's policy platform… (View Post)

As I have previously noted, Peace Prizes usually go to the leaders of the warring factions who come to peace. They don't go to the guy who helped the negotiations. The 1978 Camp David Accords led to … (View Post)

I like how, in that first picture in the header, the Democrat female politicians have real faces, unlike the Mar-a-Lago plastic death mask that has become de rigueur for Republican women. (View Post)