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    If it's a ruling based on state constitutional law, then the only way to appeal it to the US Supreme…
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  • Gibbon's a fun read, but keep in mind that he was writing over 200 years ago, when history as a…
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  • Very nice.   You should loan your talents to the Russian troll farm!  Why write this for free?
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  • Maybe he would be - if he primaried Trump.  That would be glorious.
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  • Well, I think the analysis here speaks for itself.  The FBI is a huge, sprawling entity with many agents, all…
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  • I bought mine last week and am waiting for it to arrive.  It will be the first book that I've…
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  • I think one point you made in passing is really the most important one - voters' perceptions are really the…
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  • Primarily, I am down on Hillary because she went to great lengths to clear the field and secure the Democratic…
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  • I don't think that your last point necessarily follows.  We obviously can't tell for certain what the results would have…
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  • I like him - he did seem quite grandiose in several of today's predictions, though.
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  • Maybe the North should just secede this time.  Slavery's been abolished, there's no great moral cause that justifies bloodshed.  I'm…
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  • The short answer is no, we're not better than this.  Random anecdote - a few years ago, I did an…
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  • Well, Shakespeare - it's unlikely that the quote is historically accurate.
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  • I don't know, he looks like George Washington compared to the current shit sandwich.  Probably a combination of short attention…
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  • I don't know anything about this area, but I think that people can overlook a lot of principled objections (assuming…
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  • That's a nice idea, but most American voters don't do introspection and, I think, would just entrench themselves if they…
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  • He certainly hits back ten times more in volume.  Effectiveness is debatable.  He's not a deep thinker, he can be…
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  • They may very well have a stronger hand in the Senate but should have a weaker hand in the House.…
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  • I think that they're (not-so-) secretly pining for McCain to die or retire, and for Menendez to be dealt with…
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  • I would like some explanation about this as well, from people with more experience in how the timing of legislation…
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