Dr Tom Hill
@tomhjhill.bsky.social
Doctor of Wars. Former special assistant to Kofi Annan. Founder, the Center for Peace Diplomacy (CPD). Former prof at SIPA Columbia. Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Department of War Studies, KCL. www.peace-diplomacy.org
Eg try a 10% mortgage on a $84,000 home (median home cost in 1985), vs a 6% mortgage on a $410,000 home (median home cost today). It’s … quite different …
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Eg try a 10% mortgage on a $84,000 home (median home cost in 1985), vs a 6% mortgage on a $410,000 home (median home cost today). It’s … quite different …
Try the math on changed interest % vs average house price and you’ll find those % rates aren’t a good basis for a comparison of affordability
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Try the math on changed interest % vs average house price and you’ll find those % rates aren’t a good basis for a comparison of affordability
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I’m annoyed they caved but it’s worth remembering that people like Tim Kaine have thousands and thousands of federal workers in their state, as well as the federal workers’ union, and his office would have received a deluge of demands from his voters to get those people back on payroll asap.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I’m annoyed they caved but it’s worth remembering that people like Tim Kaine have thousands and thousands of federal workers in their state, as well as the federal workers’ union, and his office would have received a deluge of demands from his voters to get those people back on payroll asap.
I’m annoyed they caved but it’s worth remembering that people like Tim Kaine have thousands and thousands of federal workers in their state, as well as the federal workers’ union, and his office would have received a deluge of demands from his voters to get those people back on payroll asap.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I’m annoyed they caved but it’s worth remembering that people like Tim Kaine have thousands and thousands of federal workers in their state, as well as the federal workers’ union, and his office would have received a deluge of demands from his voters to get those people back on payroll asap.
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Not a wartime consigliere
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Not a wartime consigliere