Entertaining Gingrich

One of the few lines I still remember from my teenage readings  ...What does a woman expect from a man? To be entertaining.
Wonder why Gingrich had so many lady troubles....  He might not be  not a deep thinker but he  is a thinker nonetheless and he is always entertaining with new approaches to ideas.  A sophist one could say. Non stop spitting new explanations... Some researchers cared to go back to his PhD thesis. What could be more spectacular than finding positive policies in one of the most crude colonial experiences. Definitely entertaining....
After the intellectual Obama, the descendant of Mau Mau fighters, why not a president with a PhD..... in colonialism...

Calibrating pain

My knee is hurting. Go to Duane Reade to buy some Icy Hot. The escalator is  not working, Should  I walk down the stairs risking a significant increase in pain?   to buy the medication that might provide relief?
Is there a rational solution?

Democracy. How far in Russia?

A true test of democracy is the capacity to remove those in power by electoral means. Bringing people to power is relatively easy. Removing them....Firing governments without using fire. So what is going on now in Russia?