The prohibition amendment and the women's national suffrage movement were passed at nearly the same time, 1919 and 1920, respectively. Both were preceded by similar actions in states; for exampl… (View Post)

A comment on the failure of American journalists: In the last 20 years, our reporters have become less and less diverse -- if you measure diversity by a range of opinions, rather than a range of colo… (View Post)

Kinabalu asked why George Soros was spending money to elect lenient prosecutors. I haven't followed him closely on the subject, but I assume it's because he thinks many current prosecutors … (View Post)

From the discussion on the previous thread: Washington state and California both have "top-two" primary systems. The top two candidates in a single primary go on to a general election -- re… (View Post)

The US 1st Amendment explains why the amounts of money spent on campaigns are so large in the US. Limits on spending are seen by most courts as limits on speech, and have gradually been disappearing.… (View Post)