Keep in mind that countries that provide a universal basic income do so because they believe that simply giving people enough for food, housing...
I was with you until the last line, where you - without, I am sure, realizing it - refuted everything that went before. You concluded: "So to...
I'm not sure the question is answerable. It presumes you can define liberal and conservative, and then sub-divisions thereof, to everyone's...
I don't think the real problem is the Euro. The EU, including the common currency, was a great idea that worked splendidly until - in what...
All good thoughts, folks! RadicalRevolutionary has made two key points: We have indeed evolved from tolerance only of our own little clans of a...
All next-gen aircraft have issues, and the F-35 is no exception. It will be a formidable aircraft once they get the kinks out, but it is so...
Mostly BBC Web, plus The Economist in hardcopy. I used to subscribe to The Economist, but it pumps out too high a density of good reading, and I...
Tried it once, but there was no sports or entertainment section, no crossword, and the weather report was 1500 years out of date.
I cannot help observing that the GMO debate is a classic example of a very human condition: when our lives are secure and we have nothing to worry...
Thanks to all who replied. The quote provided by ThirdTerm is very interesting. It seems to imply that most of the sacrifices took place in...
When visiting Central American temple mounds, I am frequently puzzled that, while all of them have a set of stairs leading to a small building at...
I have a right to a driver's license. Should I still have that right if I have a long history of DUI and no willingness to abstain? Every civil...
Quite right, but an entirely separate issue. Persistent ignorance about mental health issues leads to stigmatization and failure to seek help....
All good questions. No point in creating laws that won't be obeyed - it just undermines respect for authority. My personal notion was the...
Do you have a source for that? I suppose it's possible: much smaller population, less popular interest in guns, and LOTS of interest in them...
Whether and how guns should be regulated is one issue, but many respondents are deviating from the subject by asserting some version of the above:...
As often happens, when you put yourself in someone else's shoes, the issue isn't as clear as it first appears. I am by any reasonable...
Allegations that the rich have become richer under Obama, or what responsibility Republicans or Democrats might have for the privileges of the...
=================== On the off chance that anyone remembers the issue that actually started this thread, it is perhaps worth pointing out that...
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