From Elsewhere: Some very interesting commentary on the recent election in Virginia USA.
One of the centre left places that I try to read as often as I can is Harry’s Place. I do so because it…
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From Elsewhere: Anti vaccine activists cross the line that divides campaigning from violent nutbaggery.
In a free society people should be allowed to campaign for whatever policy they want, even if the campaign is for a policy that…
Cuban Communists desperately try to stop Cubans communicating with Americans
Over the last few weeks since the start of widespread protests by Cubans against their Communist government there have been a number of measures…
Some good news – The young and the educated are leaving Islam.
Found an interesting video from the vlogger Harris Sultan recently on the subject of a survey done by the Ex Muslims of North America…
Words don’t hurt
Those of us who are free speech advocates are fond of pushing the line that ‘words don’t hurt’. Unless someone acts on words they…
The next four years – Some predictions. New parties, mid-term elections, political change and some history.
The first president of the United States of America, George Washington once warned against the creation of political parties. To a large extent he…
From Elsewhere: A more nuanced comment about events in the USA.
Over the past year I’ve become more and more of a fan of Dr Karlyn Borysenko, an organisational psychologist of good standing and reputation,…
Chaos in the US Capital.
I awake this morning to news of complete chaos in Washington DC. Getting a handle on what has happened there is difficult owing to…
Tulsi Gabbard is proof that not all US Democrats are either mad nor corrupt.
Tulsi Gabbard one of the Representatives from the State of Hawaii is using her final weeks of her term as a Democrat Representative in…
Why electronic voting is a really really bad idea.
The complete and utter banana republic style cockup and dishonesty surrounding the US presidential election has made me look at how the US votes….
