It has ever been thus and yet the nation state has endured as the most stable system we have for ensuring democracy. (View Post)

Those polyglot empires make the basic functioning of democracy much more difficult. It is no surprise that democracy started in well defined city states, was preserved in a debased form in geographic… (View Post)

I have perhaps 100ish friends from the US gleaned from many years of many different threads of my life, and the overwhelming reaction has been one of horror and outrage. Sadly in this instance I thin… (View Post)

A geologist is looking at you sternly over the top of his glasses. ;) (View Post)

The remaining ex-Presidents haven't even been bothered enough to comment on Trump's illegal actions. They have been utterly shameful. (View Post)