Scandinavia basically offers the model of social democracy in public spending balanced by private ownership of most utilities and high taxation. It works pretty well, with little demand either for st… (View Post)

Interesting piece by RP, and of course the same applies to voting, which is a small amount of hassle and probably has no effect at all. But if we're interested, why not? What wlould we be doing … (View Post)

Attacking other posters weakens debate on PB. I'm not a fan of Williamglenn, but he's entitled to give his views without being compared with a traitor. The effect is to make open debate les… (View Post)

I grew up in Denmark. I never met anyone who had strong views on National Service - it was simply something one had to get through, like the compulsory and ill-regarded philosophy course that was man… (View Post)

Harris seems to have gambled on distaste for Trump (a real thing among most US voters, judging by polls) plus general optimism being enough, with remarkably little in the way of actual policies. I ha… (View Post)