It's a backward part of the world. Hamas are exceptionally backward, and Israel is unfortunately also increasingly run by religious fanatics, who will soon outnumber all else in population. Iran… (View Post)

Trump has zero idea how to deal with either the unacceptably large U.S. homeless, and/or prison populations, because he's beholden to the same neanderthal and regressive policies on welfare and … (View Post)

On the other hand, there are plenty of countries with written constitutions that are functioning better than the US's. Regardless of what happens, Starmer needs to take the chance to complete a … (View Post)

I've noticed this tendency increasingly starting creeping into Channel 4 News and some of its US congressional coverage, over the last couple of years, too. With the Telegraph and Talk TV and GB… (View Post)

Much more so recently, I would say. It's a trend across the media. The main values are of clicks, immediate provocation and/or entertainment and impact, because those are the values of social me… (View Post)