The gerrymandering in the Blue states will at least match that in the red. Of course democracy is the loser in both. At what point do we have to accept that the USA is not an operating democracy at a… (View Post)

Comment to Joseph Heller that he had not written anything else as good as Catch 22 (not true btw, God Knows was brilliant). His reply "Who has?" (View Post)

For me the sentence is: "The important thing is that he is the long historical result of a society that has proceduralised itself to the point where procedure no longer mediates trust but replac… (View Post)

Liverpool guaranteed a new manager. This is so short of what they expect. (View Post)

Well that post didn't last long. (View Post)