Anton #83: The thing about polls is that they are tricky. I believe it was a Rasmussen poll that showed that 55% of the people thought their state should have a low similar to Arizona’s. This was viewed as “significant support” for Arizona’s law. But note that they did not ask “Do you think Arizona’s new law is Okay for Arizona?”; I would bet the answer to that question would be more like 75%. No doubt far more people think that Arizona should be able to have such a law than think that they want one too.

Eggplant #86: It was not entropy that led the USA to advocate free trade, protect the freedom of the seas, help our fromer enemies as well as our old allies in Europe and Asia learn how to build jet fighters, radar, rockets, and radios, and generally promote democracy. I have said for some time that the secret of understanding American foreign policy os that we want everyone to be as successful and well off as we are. By and by and large we succeeded. Civilization followed where the Roman empire marched and so it has been with us.