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    The last one there brings a related question to my mind.  Of all our Presidents, which top 5 were given…
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  • I find this interesting because I'm finally reading up on the antebellum period.  It's something my so called education never…
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  • Good points and a good list.  You're right about the rose-colored aspect.  I remember a list from long ago that…
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  • Which all goes to point out that the dysfunctional nature of Congressional institutions need to be fixed.  And the keystone…
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  • This one? There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and…
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  • Linker is a fool.  I actually have a bit of understanding for the people on the right who want to…
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  • I'm going to go with Booman's language here and just say why not "Tits on a Bull"?  It'll go great…
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  • I really like some of that.  I hope he can bring some of those good ideas to fruition.
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  • I honestly haven't paid attention to this.  The events are so old and a repetition of this acrimony in the…
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  • Good point.  I doubt the vast majority of ordinary people pay close enough attention.   It also depends on where…
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  • All true.  As Terrance Heath stated, now we know who the death panels are. http://ourfuture.org/20130108/death-panel-of-gop-governors-refusing-medicaid-expansion-grows?gclid=C Of8ycbi67kCFURp7AodvisACw In addition to those…
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  • Those stats are interesting.  The top 13 states are all in the South or the two top states for Mormons…
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  • What the Onion brings up applies to Allen and a number of famous or historically significant people who despite having…
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  • As a Cook County resident I am not happy with the disordered sense of priorities our current DA has.  It's…
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  • Americans are steeped in violence.  And our cultural mythologies and iconographies tell us that guns solve problems.  Only 150-180 years…
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  • Whatever comes out from this endeavor, it is a welcome move that someone is at least attempting something different.  I…
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  • Please pardon this thread hijack, but I think Klein's piece from yesterday is worth a read.  It's about Christie, LBJ…
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  • This union family thanks you for the mention!
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  • Did you catch the study that just came out that looks at what factors explain why divorce is higher in…
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  • I wonder about their mechanism too.  And I wonder what they think the mechanisms were that led to multiple decades…
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