It's not quite allegiance, just recognition of right to exist. All the same, it seems dangerous to start making citizenship dependent on opinion, however widely it's shared. (View Post)

I was fond of Gene McCarthy and was actually offered the unpaid job as European organiser for his failing 3rd party bid 4 years later. (View Post)

I don't think you do "seek peace". But you allow intermediaries to explore possibilities, while maintaining an absolutist front. I doubt if Putin thinks total conquest of Ukraine is no… (View Post)

There's a sympathetic discussion in this thread: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-conditions-in-Norways-prisons-for-females-actually-like Briefly, there are very few women in prison in Norway,… (View Post)

There's a lot in that. But I do think that what's happening in Gaza and even more what's happening on the West Bank is actively stirring antisemitism (the West Bank is worse in many wa… (View Post)