That makes no sense at all. If you are trying to phase something out, it makes sense to tax it more and more heavily. That way you increase the rate at which it is phased out (because it becomes more… (View Post)

Palestinian children are killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers so frequently that it hardly makes the news. (View Post)

There are victims and villains on both sides. The political aims of Hamas are abhorrent; the treatment of the Palestinians by the Israelis over the past couple of decades has been appalling; the Hama… (View Post)

When the pandemic began, my sister was talking enthusiastically about the good job that Boris was doing and how lucky we were to have a leader who was following the science and bringing the country t… (View Post)

Personally, I find antisemitism quite baffling. While I can understand, though of course not condone racism as fear of those who look different, and xenophobia and religious intolerance as fear of th… (View Post)