I was making the point that mindlessly importing American solutions does not work, given very different political systems and cultures. Read the book - it refers to race, but many (not all) of its ar… (View Post)

See "This is not America" for why importing American solutions (in that case on race) just doesn't work - Americans do identity politics more than we do. And then, because they rarely … (View Post)

Yes a friend is a standup comic and he was amazed how many broken personalities he met when he hung out with fellow comedians. He said only doing mid-life dating after he got divored did he meet more. (View Post)

The trouble with that argument is that once we become a soft touch, word will rapidly get out and the number of arrivals will soar from even their current high levels. None of us can blame the illega… (View Post)

Monaco is less a country than a tax dodge. (View Post)