Off topic: MoonRabbit - If you are interested in Lincoln and the US Civil War, may I suggest that you read some of the classic works on it, for example, Sandburg's biography of Lincoln, or Bruce… (View Post)

Measuring US crime rates. We aren't very good at it. There are two main measures; both have problems. And sometimes they contradict each other: "The United States has two primary ways of me… (View Post)

Here, I think, is a useful test for thinking about "classification" in the US. Would you have voted for Washington state's Initiative 200? 'Initiative 200 was a Washington state i… (View Post)

Off topic but about the politics of immigration in the US: There is much to learn in this Wikipedia article on E-Verify: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Verify For example: "Research shows that … (View Post)

FPT: Since you were discussing diets, I'll mention one with a remarkable record of success: Some years ago, I learned that Alabama gave its sheriffs fixed amounts per day for each inmate in the … (View Post)