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  • Food Stamp Farm Bill

    Why does the press not talk about the fact that the farm bill was as huge as it was because of a massive increase in foodstamps to deal with the rising costs of food. You would think partizans on both the left and the right would totally jump on that, but they steer clear of it. Even the uber right Heritage foundation's Brian Reidl, was jumping ...
    Posted to Explainer by MarkB on May 19, 2008

  • The Once and Present Cambodia

    During the rule of the Kmer Rouge, Cambodia was called Kampuchea. Does anyone know if these are two different names, or two different transliterations of the same name?
    Posted to Explainer by mlr on May 8, 2008

  • Re: "The Decider"

    tedgmon: I agree with you. Time will tell how all of this will come out. As for Truman, he too was locked into situations that had progressed before him. One can not judge from the outside. As far as polls goes, what do they really tell us. Not much other than catching a person a on bad or good day. Ask the real question, what would any of us ...
    Posted to Explainer by Usama2 on May 7, 2008

  • Offensive Yellow Journalistic Propaganda

    I thought about this article of Explainer for a few minutes and then put it in context: Why would you instruct a public audience how to spot a prostitute except to promote sex tourism? Why would you instruct a public audience how to spot a prostitute except to undermine the social order? Why would you instruct a public audience how to spot a ...
    Posted to Explainer by Usama2 on April 24, 2008

  • Doesn't really explain anything

    I don't see how knowing that the idea has been around for 200 years helps me understand anything better, nor does it help me understand why this theory is wrong. This is extremely trivial and unhelpful. I've found all Explainer pieces by this author of exceptionally low quality. It annoys me so much that I even bothered to take the ...
    Posted to Explainer by sng on April 5, 2008

  • Re: so many branches

    I believe that form is on the U.S. Marshals website -- and many others -- because in certain cases it is the Marshals' responsibility to submit it to the prosecutor. We're still talking about federal trials, though I suppose you could argue that we should have said ''executive'' since it's the prosecutors' job to file the paperwork. Either way, ...
    Posted to Explainer by cwilson on February 6, 2008

  • False ALlegations hurt true victims of DV

    Please quote the research you mentioned. Is it from an unbiased position? To true solve the problems with the current process we need to find logical and sensible ways of protecting the victims the current process creates. I believe that the current process in many states make it to easy to get the orders, which in ways hurt the true ...
    Posted to Explainer by protectionforall on January 26, 2008

  • Bum Rush the SHOW w/ Massive Regulations

    I have an idea, why not bum rush the show with reintroduction of massive regulation run by a brand new administrative office titled: I Will Kick Your @$$ For the Little Guy agency. An army of IWKYAFTLG agency accounts, or AKickers, will raid the entire Financial industry with comprehensive audits, including the price of that toilet in the CEOs ...
    Posted to Explainer by Usama2 on January 23, 2008

  • Worst Questions Ever

    Seriously. They might as well ask what the oozzing sores on their thighs are or whether the cops know about the pot they have growing in the basement. Don't answer any of them. They are ridiculous.
    Posted to Explainer by ArgusRun on December 20, 2007

  • Questions Never Answered - Moustaches

    Do you have any idea why sporting the moustache was so much more common in the military than in any other job in 19th-century Western countries, and to some extent present-day Western countries? In Britain, at least, 19th-century military men were required by standing order to maintain a moustache. The order was not lifted until 1916.This UK ...
    Posted to Explainer by SugarFree on December 20, 2007
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