Are you sure? Last time I tried that I ended up at the Canadian border. (View Post)

I don't know if the loons have noticed, but North Carolina is the best chance - after Maine - of a Democrat pickup next year. The Republicans appear to have decided they don't want to win t… (View Post)

Actually, I'd put the start a little earlier: I would blame the coalition, and the way it refunded both the police and the courts as part of austerity. Police stations across London closed. The … (View Post)

Fourth, city states very rarely want to spend vast sums of money "projecting their interests". (View Post)

I don't think that's why city states are wealthy. I think there are three fundamental reasons why they "work": First, rural areas are usually much poorer than urban ones. Look at … (View Post)