I've long believed that having multiple official languages makes it very hard to sustain a united polity.
Kevin Drum[David] Muir tried four or five times to get a straight answer about [Donald] Trump's idiotic claim that 3-5 million noncitizens voted, and Trump just flatly wouldn't engage.
Kevin DrumDuring the [Barack] Obama presidency, the Dow doubled in real terms. What's more, its growth has been remarkably steady.
Kevin DrumThe WHO took care to explicitly say that processed meat didnโt rank alongside smoking when it comes to cancer risk.
Kevin DrumIโm just some white guy in California, and nobody in Flint is going to pay any attention to what Iโm saying. I donโt blame them. Nor do doctors want to publicly agree with me, because nobody wants to downplay the effects of lead poisoning. I get that too. I can already imagine the number of tweets and emails Iโm going to get demanding to know why I think Flint is no big deal.
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