In the US House, there used to be a strong incumbency bonus, as discerned by looking at freshmen's bids for reelection. But during the 1990s and 2000s it dwindled - people started to just sort b… (View Post)

Socially liberal up to a point, that point being when everyone had to stay within a few minutes of their homes and all the pubs were shut. (View Post)

Have you been to NI? There are around 57 people who are "high earning and upper middle class" by south east shire standards. (View Post)

Well, Israel attacked Beirut yesterday, and are currently in a very tense position with Iran's allies in Lebanon, and have a history of attacks on Iran too (Stuxnet), so it is hardly a bizarre l… (View Post)

The conflation in this discourse between marriage and stable family units really annoys me. Setting that aside, the obvious problem is that people who are committed to each other get "married&qu… (View Post)