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I'm getting grey and I am developing a bald spot (my barber tells me it is just "thinning"). Not thinking of going the razor skin head look, but the clippers on either a #2 guard or no guard at all. I'm on the upper end of my mid-40's so I think I'm old enough to make such a decision. I'm...

I think the invasion is about the concept of greater Russian, like the empire assembled by Peter the great. Putin wants it back.

I agree. I think he should go through the regular justice system.

Edit: This was a response to Ernie's question if a pardon would be a perversion of justice. I see a lot of posts have been made between.

Models are just models. North Korea, China and the Soviet Union are/were democratic republics, at least on paper. What counts is the internal relationships. All models can be subverted into unhealthy tyrannies. Correct. What we are looking at in this thread is functional governance. From that persp...

Daniel Perry - Should he have been pardoned? Why or why not? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69013312 P.S. I often don't vote right away on my polls as I don't want to give away my leanings. :-) People shoot each other frequently in this country and go through standard channels of investig...

Models are just models. North Korea, China and the Soviet Union are/were democratic republics, at least on paper. What counts is the internal relationships. All models can be subverted into unhealthy tyrannies.

The Quaker method of governance by consensus doesn't really fit into any of your above categories. It is not direct democracy. Consensus is something different. I suspect churches truly move forward only by consensus regardless of the governance model. There must be a common vision and those who di...

The Quaker method of governance by consensus doesn't really fit into any of your above categories. It is not direct democracy. Consensus is something different. I suspect churches truly move forward only by consensus regardless of the governance model. There must be a common vision and those who di...

In your list do episcopal and presbyterian both fall under representative democracy. I'm not familiar with how they work. Episcopal is rule by a body of bishops. Presbyterian falls between that and congregationalism, where the ruling body is composed of non ordained elders appointed by the congrega...

In your list do episcopal and presbyterian both fall under representative democracy.