Ballot initiatives mean that you can vote to keep abortion *and* vote Trump. The Republicans are interested in recruiting new supporters, whereas the Conservatives focused on keeping existing support… (View Post)

I think it’s a big error to think of Hispanics as a single demographic. They’re a myriad of ethnic and national groups, white, black, Amerindian and mixed. And their status ranges from destitute to b… (View Post)

Merkel’s reputation has nose-dived. Her predecessor was worse - a traitor. (View Post)

The Empire was never as impressive as it looked on the map. You could have an area the size of England, nominally ruled by a dozen civil servants and a thousand native soldiers, when in reality, the … (View Post)

The Democrats’ support for trans’ rights outweighed their support for women’s’ rights. And , ballot initiatives meant you did not have to vote Democratic to support abortion rights. (View Post)