GoIng back to the earlier discussion of second legislative chambers: The state of Nebraska has a unicameral, formally nonpartisan legislature: "The Nebraska Legislature[1] (also called the Unica… (View Post)

ydoethur - Thanks for the info on Kari's kids. That makes more sense -- and increases my sympathy for her current husband. (View Post)

FPT: kinabalu was arguing repeatedly that the British Empire was wicked. Which reminded me of polling* done more than a decade ago in both the US and the UK. In both nations, about half of the main p… (View Post)

IanB said: "In the US, any age below obviously senior [you need an ID to go into a pub]" Laws vary widely in the US. Often minors can go into places where alcohol is served, but are checked… (View Post)

Off topic, but some interesting numbers: "If we focus exclusively on [House] districts where the margin of victory was less than 15 points, such that the seat was conceivably in the balance, the… (View Post)