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One thing I always find interesting is that Cicero used to write during the latter days of the Roman Republic about how Rome was in a deep moral and spiritual ...

There's been a few reports made about this thread, so I ask everyone to please avoid foul language and personal attacks. From the rules: 1. No ad hominems or insults; ...

@Demeter ->> Heh, in the end, I think I got a B- on that Diffy Q's test.

I'm writing this post now almost 10 years on the dot from the hour I created YWS way back on November 14, 2004 at 7:27 pm (New York time). I ...

October's Day of Review is almost upon us! Will you be ready to help clear out the Green Room and post as many reviews as possible?

This isn't really an issue that's popped up in the media for a couple of years, but as I'm sure many of you are aware of, depictions of Muhammad are ...

Updated on September 20, 2014.

It's been a couple days without additional comment, so the proposed rules are now the new rules! I'll be locking this thread after I make this post, but if you ...

Scotland has voted, and it will remain a part of the United Kingdom. The final vote isn't quite in yet, but the No vote (as in, no to independence) has ...

As stated above, if you would like to propose a new rule, you may do so. But it must be specific and not open to interpretation so as to ensure ...

One final note! It is impossible for the moderators to see or catch everything. Sometimes, a mod may even read something that is clearly against the rules, but simply doesn't ...

The following two rules are probably the biggest change: - Official moderator statements will always be in green text - No images or memes (but graphs and links to the ...

To quickly repeat what I said above, the proposed rules have been set out with four objectives: clarity, simplicity, unobtrusiveness, and consistency. They exist to help bring some order to ...

Hey all, Over the past several months, the staff has been receiving a greater volume of reports from members participating in the debate forum that are concerned about the tone ...

I used the term ISIL in the title since that's the term the Defense Department in the USA uses. The State Department and news agencies mostly use ISIS, and I ...