Plato couldn't have put it better himself. Western democratic development of two millennia summed up in one sentence. In fact, this approach is already very popular in Tehran and Moscow. And inc… (View Post)

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)