Random links
- How to turn Obama and Romney’s face-off into a real debate
- "A true debate is just too risky. From 1960 onward, the events called presidential debates have delivered not clashes of of rhetorical greatness but the spectacle of two people engaged in dueling job interviews. These interviews unfold side by side in front of the same human resources representative, and the skill needed to land the position is much like the one eighth-graders rely on to win spelling bees: the ability to memorize the answers to the questions ahead of time, then repeat them, precisely as learned. Debates? Modern politicians don’t partake in debates. Not real ones."
- Army Seeks To Curb Rising Tide Of Suicides
- Apparently so far this year US soldiers have more often killed themselves than been killed in combat.
- Sharing the chores can lead to divorce, study says
- "a new study out of Norway has found that divorce rates are as much as 50 per cent higher among couples that share the load equally, compared with households where women do the majority of the chores."
- The PQ’s retroactive tax on affluence is damaging and unfair
- They're banned in the US constitution but apparently retroactive taxation is legal in Canada. Doesn't sound like a great idea though to me - makes it seem a more unstable area to invest in with unpredictable returns. Of course, electing the PQ probably already helped accomplish that.