The line The other day, Liberty nearly got strangled in a boy’s five-storey house by a long piece of string that they use to dangle down the staircase with a felt basket to bring up pencils and notes… (View Post)

I think that's right: the generation of people who remembered how bad WW2 was has left the stage, and we will therefore need to learn the lessons all over again. I.e., politicians who are unable… (View Post)

I'm torn between agreeing with you (yes, Trump won the election), but noting that the power of the President is supposed to be constrained by the law. So far, there's not a lot of constrain… (View Post)

Isn't a simple statement of fact: one man's tax break is another man's tax burden. As much as possible, taxes should be simple, flat, and apply to all economic activity. (View Post)

History is being kinder to Macron than I certainly was. I don't believe he's been as important as Johnson was to Ukraine's initial survival, but he was following Zelensky's lead i… (View Post)