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Car ownership around the globe
Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:37:00 +0100Via Matt Yglesias (with Felix Salmon's help) who has constructed a useful chart comparing car ownership rates in sparsely populated countries. In other words, this compares countries such as the US, Australia and Canada rather than contrasting them with the more densely populated European states. The US, as per usual, comes out worst/best (depending on your [...]... (Read complete news)
Ancient Egypt clarification
Wed, 20 May 2009 23:28:00 +0100I honestly hate when something this petty comes up, but recently I had a conversation about Ancient Egypt and the people who ruled it. The conversation absolutely went nowhere. It's like people have to get claiming rights, especially when it comes to things that played a big part in history. Were they white, black, arab, etc? Many of the [...]... (Read complete news)


