Alternatively the expectations management has worked. (View Post)

The actual case before SCotUS is IIRC to restrict abortion to within 15 weeks in Mississippi. Which is longer than what the law in, for example, France and Germany allows. The oddity is that the pass… (View Post)

There really was no difference. Profits for business and bungs for politicians were the things wanted. And things such as national security or human rights were inconveniences to be ignored. George O… (View Post)

Russia seems to be a world leader in self-pity and self-entitlement. Based upon economic backwardness, brutal authoritarianism and mass corruption. I wonder if it has ever been any different. Did the… (View Post)

One thing which might encourage people in their 50s and upwards to retire early or reduce their hours is that they've made all the NI contributions they need to receive the maximum state pension… (View Post)