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“Corruption and political bickering are always a part of the government, but compare modern bipartisanship with the bipartisanship of the early Federalists and Jeffersonians, or even the bipartisans

Historians who attempt broadly predictive analysis like this often fall into the trap of shifting the facts to fit their theories. For instance, you could easily argue that the U.S, ...

Why is it ok to congratulate or revere historical figures for things they did that we like [hurray, revolutionary general/president] but not castigate them for the things we don't like ...

A post I made on the SD&D Death Penalty Debate Thread has been replaced by the response to it by another poster, which seems odd. I am unsure if the ...

This kind of thinking is unutterably stupid. Actually, that's not quite true. Bear with me while I utter the basis of its stupidity. Self defence cannot occur after the killing ...

Financial crimes can have huge impacts on the economy and the personal finances of everyday working people, as the 2008- GFC showed us. They can, in fact, do far greater ...

Gonna go ahead and post a [citation needed] underneath the bulk of that post Zolen. My understanding is that the bulk of the cost for executions is tagged as legal ...

Would it, or are death penalty cases more expensive due to the broader grounds for appeal at trial?

"When the murder dies, it could save the lives of many more innocents." ""The execution of a murderer can possibly prevent the deaths of 7-8 people per case. So if ...

Chierynn, I don't think you actually want to debate Evolution and Creationism. I think you want to debate the idea of a random or a purposeful universe, and that you ...

Why? Why is it inappropriate for people to address this topic with their point of view, if that point of view is that a Creator God can be reconciled with ...

Kingly Describing a sudden expansion of matter as a "bang" doesn't seem ignorant, particularly when it's the term most commonly used by both the scientific community and the public to ...

There must be a reason for Muslims to choose Sunni over Shia. The overwhelming majority of Muslims, Sunni or Shia, maintain the religious doctrine of their parent and grandparents, rather ...

ShadowPrincess It's hard to reconcile anything close to a literal reading of Genesis [and many other biblical books] with what research in the field of evolutionary biology suggests. Specifically, the

Rob, I'd encourage you to engage with what the stats actually say [that there is a relative trend, rather than an absolute relationship] between younger people voting to remain and ...