Polisen don't need to enforce it though, the vast majority of Swedes will comply. (View Post)

New York should be included as the "York" part is not directly for the city in northern England but for the first proprietor of the colony after it was seized from the Dutch, James, Duke of… (View Post)

I've noticed that a lot of the contemporary genre novels I've read recently have been set in the 90s or earlier to get around ubiquitous cell-phone usage derailing the plot where the protagonists get… (View Post)

Caveat: I am not a bettor, I read PB for the political news and personalities (honest), but I think we have an interesting House race here in New York that the more puntery of you might find interest… (View Post)

TBH that's not the real scandal about the US judicial system. What really stinks is that 94% of state, and 97% of federal, cases don't go to full trial but are settled by plea bargain. The usual MO o… (View Post)