For far too long, ideologues in Washington have pursued coordinated efforts to obstruct renewable energy projects they oppose, using federal authority to suppress innovation, distort energy markets, … (View Post)

The LibDems do best in a particular set of circumstances: 1. There is a lot of voter fragmentation 2. There is tactical voting 3. They are - in a particular seat - considered the main opposition, whi… (View Post)

Personally, I'd consider the treatment of women in Afghanistan to be barbaric rather than traditional. I guess alternative opinions are available. (View Post)

He wrote a great book I loved when I was about 16: The Common Sense of Science. And Modest Mouse did a great song about him: youtube.com/watch?v=jdzpWfliYM0&themeRefresh=1 (View Post)

Sure: But if that was the major cause of declining birth rates, then countries with more traditional values (like, say, Iran) would have much higher birth rates. And they don't. (View Post)