Limited powers, they wouldn't be presiding over the kinds of cases that we've been discussing, but minor assaults, thefts etc are all in their jurisdiction. I believe Magistrates can impose a sentenc… (View Post)

While I agree Doctors should be paid a decent wage, and I hope they get the 35%, I really don't like it when salaried professionals convert their yearly salary into an hourly wage. It feels like a st… (View Post)

Perhaps you're right, and you very well might be. America is riven with problems. One strand of history sees her overcome them. Another sees her consumed. I think the one thing America has is the end… (View Post)

I'm fascinated by the years following the end of the Second World War. From reading Citizen Clem, and a few others books about the 1940-50 period, I'm struck by how much of American foreign policy wa… (View Post)

On the Korean War point, while Korea is still divided, my Partner knows an old Korean lady who still to this day visits the Korean War vets in Aberdeenshire to give them food and check up on them. Th… (View Post)