Two reminders: First, The US does not have one voting system; we have 51 voting systems with, often, variations within those 51 systems. Second, Republicans often accuse Democrats of vote fraud, and … (View Post)

In the US, one of the perks used to be -- and probably still is in some places -- remarkably good luck at poker. If there were lobbyists in the games. (View Post)

Christine Hoff Sommers thinks many of America's problems come from "The War Against Boys". https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/the-war-against-boys-how-misguided-policies-are-harming… (View Post)

Too much zero-sum thinking on the subject, in my opinion. In general, what makes life better for women also makes life better for men -- and vice versa. There's a parallel example that has impressed … (View Post)

Some time ago, I concluded that -- to the extent he has an ideology -- the Loser is best described as a monarchist. Hence his attraction to such disparate leaders as QE2, MBS, and Kim. (View Post)