Refugee crisis: ‘Love the stranger because you were once strangers’ calls us now | Jonathan Sacks

This does not play well in the political climate in the USA, unfortunately. Our "exceptional nation" does not want to dilute its exceptionality.
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Democrats Call For America To Accept 65,000 Syrian Refugees: Here's Why They're Right

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Shasha.ps | شاشة نيوز

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It’s expensive to be poor

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This animation shows what Earth would look like if all the ice melted

Could be worse.
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‘Florida Man’: New documentary explores why Florida is so goddamned weird

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Fox News To Air Hour-Long Special In Support Of CMP's Smear Campaign Against Planned Parenthood

Fox "News" continues to sink lower. Have they no shame?
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The hip dullness of Canada's politics

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The Bourne Identity - The Baffler

If the USA had not helped defeat Germany so completely in WW I it reasonable to believe that Hitler would never have achieved traction and the Holocaust could have been averted.
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Study shows Chicago is friendliest city for tourists in U.S.

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Why Can't the United States Build a High-Speed Rail System?

Because Liberty
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The Storm Before the Calm | Foreign Policy

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Our Radical Islamic BFF, Saudi Arabia

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Comic for September 02, 2015

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How Come Some People Believe in the Paranormal?

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Chicago’s Impending Toll Road Strike And How Outsourcing Government Services Can Be A Bad Bet

Government often operates badly. Outsourcing government functions like roads, prisons, the armed forces and parking meters is even worse.
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The Petite Cook

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Republicans Like Obama's Ideas Better When They Think They're Donald Trump's

Not surprising
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The Democratic Party Would Be Foolish to Nominate Hillary Clinton

He has good point.
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Identifying the Smart Voters

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