Recent Comments

• David: I’ve noticed the taboo seems to have been lifted and the “L” word is creeping into both the on air and print media with increasing frequen...
• ajay: The mixed approach worked reasonably well once upon a time, with (say) an elected House of Commons but a government largely drawn from able people,...
• P.M.Lawrence: Ajay, your irritation stems from a cultural confusion, one that crept in as "democracy" got entrenched as a motherhood statement. The thing is, dem...
• ajay: Please tone down the righteous fury! Well, you stop arguing to deny basic civil rights to 44 million Americans, and I'll stop getting mildl...
• P.M.Lawrence: Araglin, I've tidied up the wikipedia article on Hearth Tax, and I will comment a...
• Mona: Mark sez: . . . perhaps a civics test (the voter could choose verbal or written examination)? Certainly, it would be nice if, at a minimum, voters ...
• Mona: Daniel sez: Wow, guys, I’m just making fun of K-Lo. So you thought; but look what you wrought. ;)...
• Araglin: PML, Let's face it - you know way more than me. Further research induced by your mild rebuke, suggests that you're quite right about not being abo...
• P.M.Lawrence: Araglin, I ween you meant "wean". Also, there is a vulgar misunderstanding in "I’ve seen it argued somewhere (Rothbard?), that the poll tax is prob...
• mtraven: Nicely put. But you only hinted at the unpleasant truth that it is McCain's ugliness that is the root of his appeal to the diehard right. They want ...
• cernig: Feel free :-)...
• crimelord: "WMD snark-hunt". I like that, can I use it?...
• Daniel Koffler: Wow, guys, I'm just making fun of K-Lo....
• Mark: I don't know about a literacy test, but perhaps a civics test (the voter could choose verbal or written examination)? Certainly, it would be nice if,...
• TGGP: One of the problems of democracy is that politicians will constantly be tempted to expand the franchise and then it is impossible to return to sensibl...
• Jennifer: Are you saying that illiterates can’t have a stake in society? Can’t contribute to society? Can’t be well-informed on the issues? I'd say so...
• Araglin: Ajay, Please tone down the righteous fury! My comment did not "call[] for a literacy test." This ought to be clear by my use of "could conceiva...
• ajay: "As to literacy tests for voting, I would have no problem with them" Why not? Are you saying that illiterates can't have a stake in society? Can't ...
• Araglin: The question of literacy tests is a really interesting one. On the one hand, a well-drafted literacy test could conceivably ween out those person...
• ajay: if there were a free market in this area, Mona and others like her could just vote with their feet and leave this leader without any followers....
• ajay: I’m not sure what state compensation to rape victims means, specifically whether it consists only in reimbursement for medical expenses (perhaps in...
• Herpes medication or cure better than valtrex: I\'m glad to have found a supplier of Fix-it again. I put one drop as soon as I get a small bump, repeat a few times in the day and by the end of the...
• Mona: As to literacy tests for voting, I would have no problem with them except the rancid history of their use is a huge obstacle. But we have a Harvard La...
• P.M.Lawrence: Ajay, to spell it out, if there were a free market in this area, Mona and others like her could just vote with their feet and leave this leader...
• Avram: I didn't think Ms Obama's speech was all that exciting, but cl...
• Adam Ricketson: Correction: Carper's score is higher than 29%. For some reason half of his votes are listed under the name Thomas (with a score of 57%) and the rest a...
• Mona: Gosh, you mean this problem can’t just be solved by the unfettered operation of the market? Whodathunkit? My problem, ajay, is not a free ma...
• b-psycho: Some random column at Slate talking about Michelle's speech took a swipe at her dress, s...
• Jennifer: A speech at a major political convention was written and practiced beforehand rather than given extemporaneously? Scandal! What is America coming to?...
• Jim Henley: I've got no love for Teddy Kennedy, but damn, Gina, resent much?...
• Gina: Michelle is a good speaker, but the content of her speech seemed very scripted, and probably written by a crack team of speech writers. I'm sure she r...
• Nell: It's day one, Daniel. There are a lot of people watching who don't know the Obamas, and who need to get to feel comfortable with them. ...
• b-psycho: Ajay: a key argument of many who come here is that the market is NOT unfettered and pretty much has never been....
• ajay: Gosh, you mean this problem can't just be solved by the unfettered operation of the market? Whodathunkit?...
• Mona: P.M. Lawrence sez: Based on my past experience, HR will itself be part of that power structure. My indirect experience as well which is why...
• P.M.Lawrence: Based on my past experience, HR will itself be part of that power structure. Any attempts at working through the HR system or bypassing the HR system ...
• Jamesey: Rabia, I'm glad someone picked that one up. Even worse, he was also John McCains foreign policy advisor in his 1999-2000 election....
• Kevin Carson: To follow up on what First Little Pig said, many labor lawyers offer a free initial consultation....
• First Little Pig: Thus the path towards the adoption of the burka is laid....
• First Little Pig: I believe that the pattern of behavior she is engaging in is likely illegal. I would take documentation to an attorney and see where you stand. A si...