In the US, our social media has the legal privileges of publishers, without the legal responsibilities. If there is a clear solution to that, it has escaped me. (View Post)

On topic: Those who want to understand Kamala Harris should read Michael Shellenberger's "Apocalypse Never", especially chapter 10, "All About the Green", in which he shows t… (View Post)

I've always like Russell Long's summation: "Tax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me, tax that fellow behind the tree.'" (View Post)

Correction on the Bill Cinton/Newt Gingrich comparison. I said "fewer principles, and weaker characters". I meant the opposite: "more principles, and stronger characters". Sorry a… (View Post)

I know of one vice-presidential candidate who was forced out, Thomas Eagleton: "He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972. He suffered from bouts of d… (View Post)