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This is unrelated to the politics of this thread, but I thought I would mention this tangent. The first comment below the article linked by Derec mentions a lack of phonics in the Detroit curriculum and how significantly that is affecting the literacy rate. Personally, I agree that teaching...

John Hibbing recently conducted some experiments and wrote an article about the fundamental differences in the personalities of liberals who he defines as "supporters of innovation and reform" and conservatives defined as "supporters of tradition and stability". The difference he found was that...

In another thread I posted my synopsis of the Annexation of Crimea which is reposted and hidden here. Russian propaganda emphasizes that Ukraine's president Yanukovich was democratically elected but always ignore the un-democratic power-grab that took place after election. In 2010 Yanukovich...

Well is it? The writers of the US constitution drew inspiration from the ancient Greek democracies especially that of Athens. Having a standing militia of citizen soldiers seemed to be necessary for democratic city states in the bronze age. And it was the volunteer citizen soldiers during the...