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This sentiment is nothing more than ignorant romanticism. People have been pining for the "good old days" for the entirety of human history.

Crime of all sorts has been free-falling over the last 30 years. The increased fear people have of their neighbors and communities isn't founded in any sort of reality.

Money in politics.

I will freely admit that white people have various privileges that I benefit from all the time. I find, however, that framing racial disparities in terms of "privileges" distorts the way we think about what's going on - and, critically, what the way forward is. In simplest terms, the framing...

The courts themselves wouldn't, but one party could sue for breach of contract if the other party doesn't abide by the arbitration ruling.

You do recognize how it's possible for Muslims in America to "have the choice of being governed according to shariah", without imposing it on anyone but the Muslims who make that choice, don't you? If you don't, this should clear things up for you. There's nothing indicating that the 51% cited...

Assuming a proper methodology for sampling, a 600-person sample size can easily be extrapolated to the entire US Muslim population (about 2.7 million people). Specifically, a 20% result on a 600 person sample size for a population of 2,700,00 will be accurate within about 4% either way with 99%...

I'm still entertaining the idea that Trump is a liberal sleeper agent out to make the Republicans look loony. If you look at how left-wing his political positions were even 10 or 15 years ago, the idea starts to have even more merit...

People can (and do) agree to use third-party arbitration all the time, under whatever rules they wish. It's how Judge Judy works, for goodness' sake. Why shouldn't any two Muslims be able to agree to settle disputes they have with each other using a set of agreed-upon rules? Seems like basic...

In that case, I definitely wouldn't want the bill to pass in such a form.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I think it's a poor reason to want an abortion.

I would. Soldiers, firefighters, police officers, and EMTs aren't inherently heroic. What they do have is (likely) greater opportunity to display heroism.

I'll bet 100:1 that Mitt Romney didn't write that. So a big old "meh" on this "story".

I saw this clip posted on a social media site, from Memorial Day: MSNBC Chris Hayes I'm 'Uncomfortable' Calling Fallen Military 'Heroes' - YouTube In it, Chris Hayes states: Thoughts? Is he correct? I think that it's a really interesting point, and a conversation worth having. Are all...

Why would you believe that such evidence is sufficient when, in this case, it's fairly clear that it provided a rather flagrantly false positive?

In case anyone was wondering, the Thomas Jefferson quote was originally from: Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVIII: Manners, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1781. Here is the full text.

Facebook was founded under the Bush administration - Obama just inherited it. :sorry:

Here is a crucial example of the difference between computers that "will cost more than $36,000 to replace" and computers that are "worth $36,000".

I'd absolutely hope so. It's further incentive to keep a life together if you love an animal and want to care for it, and it means the program can continuously bring in new pets.

God made the poison-dart frog. Man made Penicillin. What the heck are you talking about?