I don't see the end and the rebound happen before the next election, though. Even when the war ends, the sanctions will probably continue, and the strategic restructuring away from dependency on… (View Post)

To be fair to them, there is a well-known psychological effect that, when confronted with the death of a public figure, a person can be quite badly affected for "no apparent reason" - usual… (View Post)

I think that's a pretty good summary - populist idealogues are a dreadful mix of hard left economics and hard right social, cultural and security policy. Their oppositions are usually equally dr… (View Post)

I used to have offices over by the American Cemetery. One summer 10-15 years back, a Spitfire and an ME-109 came and practiced a mock dogfight over us, then flew back over at treetop level and waved … (View Post)

Ahead of Truman [re-elected] and Reagan [re-elected], ever so slightly behind Trump [not re-elected], Clinton [re-elected] and Carter [not re-elected]. A little further behind Obama [re-elected] and … (View Post)