I just finished reading Putinism: Russia and Its Future with the West, by Walter Laqueur.

I submit that Russia's main "contribution" to the West and civilization was the export of its best people and genes to other places that didn't want to stifle them at best, kill them at worst.

I'll admit to more than a passing interest in the subject, because myself, and a substantial portion of U.S. Jews, including some of my closest friends and business colleagues have...

This was a State Marching Contest advancement year for Frisco, Texas, area high school bands. And what a year it was! Frisco Independent School District sure has plenty to be proud of this school year.

In particular, the aforementioned contest saw three Frisco schools participating in it. All of them are classified as 5A schools in Texas. This year was the first time ever that three entries got to go; it's never happened before. Every two years, Class 5A...

Plenty in the text of that interview for comment. I'll focus on homelessness problem only, in CA because that's what was mentioned. Quotes are per my memory, hopefully close as possible to actual statements:

Bill O'Reilly: "...and how, Mr. President, will you address the homelessness problem plaguing LA and San Francisco?"

President Trump: "The EPA will soon designate some of these encampments (LA, SF) as being in environmental abeyance. A letter...

You could say that the Washington Nationals had other ideas. All they did was spoil the Houston Astros' moon landing anniversary victory lap. Amid all the firsts associated with that one, here's something that the media never thought about in this year's World Series.

This year marked fifty years since Neil Armstrong and the boys landed on the moon in Apollo 11's famous mission. And wouldn't it have been something if the franchise with the space theme had made their mark...

I hope that you don't mind my PMing you. I am currently in a rural area in SW VA (born in NoVA). I am looking for a more conservative state that has the same rural lifestyle. I lived in IA and MO for a couple of years each and loved the slow pace of life, but tornadoes were not so much fun. How is TN overall? I don't want a lot...