Anonymous on Discarded LivesMay 17, 2026
I'm reminded I need to clean out some closets... ethyl
Mitch4 on Book Notes: Los mitos del franquismo by Pío MoaMay 17, 2026
I have friends on the generalized American Left who still maintain a romanticisation of the International Brigades, and try to…
cliff arroyo on Discarded LivesMay 17, 2026
"why was the evidence of their unusual lives discarded like this" Not sure if that would be my takeaway. The…
cliff arroyo on Book Notes: Los mitos del franquismo by Pío MoaMay 17, 2026
OT: A Cinderella story (if Cinderella had big boobs and danced up a storm) https://cliffarroyo.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/eurovision-2026-god-bless-the-contest-thats-got-its-bangaranga/
cliff arroyo on O’HareMay 17, 2026
"Extremely expensive" I'm shocked... if you can't find good value for money at an airport restaurant then I don't know…
oldcowboy3 on O’HareMay 16, 2026
Yes, and the larger the airport/city, the higher the cost and the lower the quality of both the food and…
Clarissa on O’HareMay 16, 2026
Extremely expensive. But my choices are very limited at an airport.
cliff arroyo on O’HareMay 16, 2026
"shrimp salad" That is a crime against shrimp and a crime against salad. At least it was probably very cheap.
Anonymous on Difference Between the PartiesMay 16, 2026
He's got a Substack. You should check him out. You might like him. ethyl
Clarissa on Discarded LivesMay 16, 2026
I'm sure that Harry and Edna weren't childless by choice either. Back then it wasn't that much of a choice…
Clarissa on Difference Between the PartiesMay 16, 2026
Yes! That's the one I've been trying to remember!! Thank you, I've been going crazy grasping for the name in…
Clarissa on Tucker vs O’LearyMay 16, 2026
It's a totalitarian state.
Anonymous on Difference Between the PartiesMay 16, 2026
I don't use social media and I don't know who Simplicius is.
Anonymous on Difference Between the PartiesMay 16, 2026
For capsule important-news-item brief purposes, I love Jeff Childers over at coffee&covid.
Anonymous on Tucker vs O’LearyMay 16, 2026
What do you mean by "there is no such thing as a Chinese university"?
Anonymous on Discarded LivesMay 16, 2026
I had a great aunt and uncle like that. Good jobs, not fantastically rich, but well off. They were infertile.…
Anonymous on Dumb DescendantsMay 16, 2026
On the Lincoln side, Abe's dad could also create some concern.
oldcowboy3 on Difference Between the PartiesMay 16, 2026
Actually my uncles' spreads are now farmed by two university educated cousins. The family are now tumbleweeds, scattered over four…
Clarissa on Catching Up on Q&AMay 16, 2026
Absolutely. We do not read like the original readers of Cervantes did. There's a whole branch of literary criticism that…
Peter on Difference Between the PartiesMay 16, 2026
From a UK perspective it is hurting, but that is mostly self-inflicted. Strangely enough, if you increase costs of employment,…
cliff arroyo on Catching Up on Q&AMay 16, 2026
"Nobody can see the world through the eyes of a person from another era" Isn't that true also of very…
Clarissa on Recommended Reading on US HistoryMay 15, 2026
I can't even imagine you not reading. I'm sorry, it must have been a tough time.
Clarissa on Tucker vs O’LearyMay 15, 2026
This is CCP propaganda. I wouldn't worry about it. There is no such thing as a Chinese university.
Clarissa on Tucker vs O’LearyMay 15, 2026
Mexicans moved on, everybody in Latin America moved on, all Western European countries moved on, even Africa moved on. Literally…
el on Tucker vs O’LearyMay 15, 2026
Btw, in comments to another post, you said the one thing FSU got right was putting the slavery issue in…
el on Recommended Reading on US HistoryMay 15, 2026
Thanks for reminding me of this book. You've already mentioned it years ago, I downloaded it but haven't read. Now…
el on Tucker vs O’LearyMay 15, 2026
Is this true? If yes, how did it happen? — The structure of the world's leading universities has changed significantly:…
bluebird of bitterness on Not a ProblemMay 15, 2026
Some people are really good at missing the point.
Peter on Recommended Reading on US HistoryMay 15, 2026
Interesting, and available in my English County library system, so now reserved. Unfortunately Land of Hope isn't there
Clarissa on FaceTime on a PlaneMay 15, 2026
Or that one time when we landed in Chicago and it was taking forever to let us get off the…