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I just caught the last half of this on the History Channel and found it fascinating. This is something you see all the time but don't really think about. This is the kind of interesting stuff that should be taught in school.

I think this is the right forum for this subject (I accidentally posted it originally in the Reigin & Philosophy forum - where it turned into a slightly surreal discussion on whether Delaware is a state or not :boggled:) Anyway, there was a (UK) TV programme on last night that claimed that...

OK, there's a TV programme on tonight that states that Delaware is the only state that doesn't have a National Park. So... 1. Is this true? 2. If so, why not? 3. How do Delawarians feel about this? 4. Is Delawarians the right word? Mods: Meant to post this in the History... folder. Please...

First of all, hats off to the Kurds who are embracing democracy and actually had been long before the U.S. arrived on the scene. I understand that Turkey vehemently opposed a Kurdish state and I understand why they opposed it and that their opposition resides on the moral low ground. It's...

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An interesting article in the New York Times discusses an emerging trend in the criminal law in most of the American South: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/us/07shoot.html?hp&ex=1155009600&en=3466fb01a2227803&ei=5094&partner=homepage This is a pretty significant shift away from the...

I live in Indiana on the border with Kentucky. I work in Kentucky and was born there but was raised here. I consider both states equally my home. Now I have dual reasons to be proud. I hope it’s pride; something’s definitely making me want to cry… Indiana legislators want to mandate...

I'm taking a class in Evolutionary Biology and I'm wondering if proponents of ID are trying to get their stuff taught in science curriculums outside the States. I thought I saw someone posting about Denmark, maybe, but I can't remember. I'd love to hear what's going on elsewhere.

cnn: driver rankings by state

BAse Closings hit blue states harder Defense Department data show that "blue states," those that voted for Democrat Sen. John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election, are slated to lose a combined 24,289 military jobs while their "red state" counterparts, those states carried by President Bush...

A recent thread in which "Interesting Ian" was involved got hijacked by an argument about the meaning of the word "conscious". It became clear that Ian used the word differently than anyone else in the discussion, though he did claim support for his definition from someone else via discussion...

Republicans in blue states should vote for Badnarik or Nader. Wouldn't that be fun to watch the Demo's whine about third party candidates "stealing their votes" for the next four years? C'mon Bush has picked up 7 electoral votes since 2000, since there has been a population shift to red...

Hola! I could rant about the crappy choices in 2004, but that is some other time. I read the news and read the polls in Election 2004. The poll says something like Kerry-50% Bush-48% Nader-2%. This is not accurate. What the pollsters need to take a look at in the individual states and how they...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=528&u=/ap/20040304/ap_on_hi_te/internet_sales_tax_7&printer=1 ...full article The state always finds a way to rape the citizen.

My view is that the American State should be studied by children as if it were a foreign country. There is no reason to teach loyalty to the State in any way at all. Respect for the country yes, respect for our history ys, "respect" for the State, yes, loyalty, NO. Disloyalty should not be...

In my mind I keep pouring over the problems inherent with a republic in Iraq. Sunni, Shiite, Kurd. Sunni, Shiite, Kurd. The only way I see a mideast republic working is by expanding it. You have to minimize the extremity of each of the subgroups. Imagine a an EU style confederation or even a...