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This thread is an example of how well fear works as a political tactic in the U.S. And it works just as well, if not ever better, in Russia. It's also been the defense industries of both countries most effective tool since the second world war, and remains so today. That's why both nations...

When someone tells you how honest they are (over and over) and uses phrases like "I'm an honest guy, or "I'm not gonna lie to you," run like hell. Another version of the same thing is the business that puts the christian cross or fish symbol on their business sign or advertisement. Run like...

That is what the U.S. said. And This along with all the Other Lies told to the American people by the G.W. Bush administration is absolutely and categorically untrue. Cheney, Bush, and Blair should have been arrested and tried as war criminals. The U.S. and Great Britain never asked the U.N. to...

You're not suggesting that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was legal under international law, I hope.

So when do the Iraqis pass their own Bill permitting Iraqi families to sue the U.S. for killing their families and destroying their country? Or is it OK to invade other countries, kill and maim the inhabitants and destroy their property, so long as it is not a surprise?

I used to say we already had term limits because we can throw the rascals out at he ballot box. Now I realize I was wrong, and I am for term limits.

Well, I can't say you're not right. You could be! But if you are, I'm wondering why in hell are they voting for trump. I thought he was the anti-establishment candidate, at least in the eyes of the working blokes. Doesn't this whole tax business blow his cover?

I can't totally put myself in the typical Trump supporters shoes, so I am kind of winging it here, but I'm guessing these hard working blokes that show up on the job every day are going stop and say "wait a minute, Trump is ripping us off just like Hillary," what the fuck!

Don't ruin everything by being so god damned sensible!

It is not so much what you've been going up against, but more what you have been going up against it with. I mean where are you going to find a weaker candidate than Hillary? (Oh, don't answer. I think I know.) There are actually literate people in the Republican party, it's a party with a...

We are doing things that are counterproductive. An example: in some States welfare benefits are very much tied to having dependents, i.e., children. You can not qualify for welfare beyond food stamps (which are supplemental) if you have no dependents or are not disabled no matter what your...

I am not unsympathetic to your position. I understand where it is coming from.

It would be a huge challenge and cost a great deal, as you point out. And we might fail! Nevertheless the potential payoff is so great I believe it would be a well justified investment of money and time. (Let us not forget that the same government, who chose private contractors that could not...

I'm of the opinion that it is extremely difficult to change patterns of adult behavior, and that the older a student is the more difficult it is to succeed with remedial action. I think that the best odds of improving outcomes for historically underachieving minority students is to invent ways...

I agree, It is doubtful that few of our black kids from poor neighborhoods can achieve, on their own, what you were able to achieve. They don't have the kind of parents and support system you had. They have welfare and social services (often inadequate, or even counterproductive) but that's...

All of those challenges faced by these under achieving kids that you mention are there, to be sure. But I must say that the well documented results from Headstart, a program beset with every difficulty you recounted, makes me believe that extending a Headstart like program through the 6th...

Everything should be on the table, but there are a lot of studies that run counter to this notion , depending on the specific make-up of the population studied. Also good results from Headstart seem to be telling us that very early efforts to get kids motivated to learn are effective. But...

I understand your point of view. I am coming at this problem in a different way. It seems our experience is telling us that the problem with academically low achieving black students is something other than what the schools are doing. It must be something outside of schools. I do agree that...

It would seem that the Evanston schools are already doing everything that could reasonably be expected of them to provide an equal educational opportunity to black and white students. I would be surprised if any of the measures proposed in response to the Evanston school report. such as hiring...

Balanced and fairly thorough. Clear writing one has come to expect from the Atlantic. Thanks for posting this.