There were definitely McDonald's in Moscow in 2008. I will happily admit to eating three meals there in one day when breakfast at the fried dumplings and vodka place (the only other option in wa… (View Post)

Which in itself wasn't a bad request. It was what he did with the first two of those 10 that was at issue. (View Post)

Pure meritocracy is such a ludicrous proposition as to not be worth discussing, in my view. Nevertheless, an approximation could serve as a useful fiction if we were just a little better at defining … (View Post)

Agreed. Like many of us he believes first, and finds evidence later. He isn't unusual in that (and I'm uncomfortable implying that he is). What's unusual is what he chooses to believe.… (View Post)

I think Sandpit posts a lot of this in good faith, and I value his perspective. To me it just reinforces the post-truth nature of the Internet. One can go looking for, and find, really quite convinci… (View Post)