(John Heelan, UK, 02/14/19 2:23 pm)
John E commented that "promises and reality are never the same thing for politicians."
Here's a tip. You can always tell when a politician is lying. H
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Hippies in Oaxaca? From Gary Moore
(John Eipper, USA, 02/14/19 9:23 am)
Gary Moore writes:
Richard Hancock's (Feb 13) mention of Mexico pressing the US embassy
to end Peace Corps training there preserves an important bit of neglected
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What Might a Hillary Presidency Have Looked Like?
(Brian Blodgett, USA, 02/14/19 4:07 am)
John E mentioned how no one in WAIS seems to support Trump, but let's take a moment and look at what we might have had if Hillary Clinton had become president.
Now remember that the Congres
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Heinz Dieterich and "21st-Century Socialism"
(José Ignacio Soler, Venezuela, 02/14/19 3:45 am)
In his latest WAIS post about Bolivarianism, Gary Moore (February 10th) made some interesting remarks which made me suspect that I was not clear enough about the differences between Bolivarianism and
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Posts on 02/13/19
Has Trump Taught the American People Any Lessons?
(Tor Guimaraes, USA, 02/13/19 2:02 pm)
Carmen Negrín wrote on February 13th: "Trump's problem is not just immigration. It's women, people of color (whatever the color), his honesty, his 'buddies,' his use of rel
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Is the Five Star Movement Maintaining its Popularity?
(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 02/13/19 12:47 pm)
I would say that the FP article on the Five Star Movement (cited by John E on February 12th) is fairly objective.
But you have to be careful. The tendency for politically correct peopl
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Trump`s Problems? Immigration is Only a Start
(Carmen Negrin, France, 02/13/19 9:48 am)
I assure Richard Hancock that he has no need to change his opinion about Trump!
Trump's problem is not just immigration. It's women, people of color (whatever the color), his honesty, h
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My 1971 Thesis on the SST
(Michael Sullivan, USA, 02/13/19 4:03 am)
John E asked about my 1971 thesis on the SST. My thesis was accepted, as it was a one-of-a-kind paper on the SSTs built by the Russians (Tu-144), the British/French Concorde, and the on-paper version
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Five Myths on Immigration
(Richard Hancock, USA, 02/13/19 3:14 am)
The Norman Transcript has an interesting article, "AP Fact Check: Immigrant
Economic Impact," by AP Writer Josh Boak. Mr. Boak describes five myths on
immigration.
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Posts on 02/12/19
Aristotle and Science
(Tor Guimaraes, USA, 02/12/19 12:05 pm)
The choice of one's God is the most important factor determining who we are and the moral compass we use for our lives. Over the centuries, mankind has invented thousands of gods which have been
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