Do you play chess, BigG? There's a term zugzwang, where a player is put in a position where every possible move loses. That was pretty much the situation that the new government inherited in 202… (View Post)

Absolutely. And you can say the same for Christianity and Secular Western Values. Fundamentalists on every side seeing a chance to create a rumble. (View Post)

Though Judaism doesn't have a New Testament either, and the aspects of Christianity that ought to make us shudder did and do. Possession of the text is a lot less important than what you choose … (View Post)

In the short term, it was excellent politics. The logic was to get a lock on all pensioners and near-pensioners. They vote a lot, there has been a bulge of them in recent years. So, exempt them from … (View Post)

It's a pretty straight line, isn't it? Everyone agrees that society was best when they personally were late teens/early 20s. Which is why nostalgia politics is so potent, but also why it do… (View Post)