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Also... There are two types of undecided voters: (a) People who say they're undecided ("known undecideds"); and (b) those who say they've decided on a candidate, but then change their minds anyway (aka "unknown undecideds"). In a close election the latter group is a real headache because...

You are correct. My father was an architectural engineer with a large firm and we lived all over the world when I was growing up. When I was ten, my youngest sister was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Within 24 hours she was issued a "Notice of Birth Abroad" and a US passport by the Consular...

Best flashmob ever in the history of flashmobs. (Over 6 minutes long. Be patient. It's worth it.) http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=GBaHPND2QJg&feature=youtu.be

What losses did the shareholders suffer? My recollection is that Bain was profitable during those years. If I'm not mistaken, Romney was the sole shareholder or nearly sole stockholder. Is he going to sue himself?

What is the source of these quotes? What is the amount of losses that Bain shareholders suffered between 1999 and 2003?

The problems with public schools are extremely complex and difficult to solve. My wife and I have two school-age children and have been studying these problems for several years now. Problem #1 -- Bad Parents: Too many parents are uninvolved in their kids' lives and educations. They're either...

I don't know what spear chucking has to with capitalism. Maybe somebody else can answer that question. Your original statement was: "Debt is the essence of capitalism." There are many successful large companies (e.g., Disney, Apple, etc.) that have very little debt relative to their...

If your original statement that debt is the "essence" of capitalism were true, then only leveraged businesses would be successful. There are many successful (capitalistic) businesses that have little or no debt. Businesses require capital, but they do not require debt. Capital is...

Leverage, a specific application of debt, is an important part of capitalism; but it is not the "essence." Competition is the essence of capitalism. Simply borrowing and spending is not leverage. Very few people, democrats or republicans, understand this concept. Cuba is heavily in debt...

I've heard him speak and I knew he was smart, but I never realized he was MIT PhD smart.

I don't know the solution, but the tax-payers are getting so angry at the tax-takers that they're ready to start throwing people overboard. I'd hate to see it come to that.

We agree on both points. I think it's a bad law, but there's an underlying problem that needs to be addressed. My state of California as an example... has 12% of the nation's population and 32% of the welfare cases. Why? We have some of the most generous welfare benefits in the country...

There are many laws against bank robbery, yet over 5,000 banks get robbed every year. Thousands more are hit by embezzlement. Having more laws against robbing banks won't change anything. I'd like to know if this is a result of lax regulations -- something that could be fixed by changing the...

Here's the big problem with this case: It's still unclear what happened at the point of altercation. I doubt there's a murder case to be made here. Manslaughter? Perhaps. Still not clear. I'm a long-time gun owner, 2nd ammendment advocate and have a CCW (permit to carry a concealed weapon). I...

Who will be next?

Here in California, the systemic problems are staggering. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304537904577277242682364690.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop "From the mid-1980s to 2005, California's population grew by 10 million, while Medicaid recipients soared by seven million; tax...

I went to Berkeley. Tried it all. I mean everything. Never saw God. Though I did have extremely blurry vision for a week once.

I don't think the question of God is necessaily a "religious" question. There could be a God, a higher intelligence, life after death, etc. unconnected to traditional religion that we simply can't prove. Or maybe not. I'll leave the the pursuit of the "God question" to others more qualified...

One of my physics professors once said: Physicists spend most of their lives searching for certainty and finding mostly uncertainty. Yet a good scientist continues to ask the hard questions and look for answers while fully accepting his fate that most often the answer will be: "We don't know."...

If you think this is a "joke" or a "blessing" you've come to the wrong place.