Questions

There are already over 170,000 words, more like 470,000 if you include words that nobody remembers or uses. And can we please stop calling normal people cisgender?

Here's an interesting question for What-About-It Wednesday...

What does this list of US cars and trucks represent?

1. Hyundai Elantra (21,732)
2. Honda Accord (17,797)
3. Hyundai Sonata (17,687)
4. Chevrolet Silverado 1500 (16,764)
5. Honda Civic (12,725)
6. Kia Optima (11,521)
7. Ford F150 (10,102)
8. Toyota Camry (9,833)
9. Honda CR-V (9,809)
10. Nissan Altima (8,445)

Please vote in the poll.

Correct answer will be given in a few days (Friday).

Every country has its own concept of nationhood, so I won't get into that. But one defining feature of a nation is that people can stand together for a common cause—such as supporting their country in the World Cup—even with people they might otherwise dislike.

For example, there are around 30 million Americans of Irish descent, while the population of the Republic of Ireland is only about 6 million. Do you feel closer to your ethnic kin living across the ocean, or to your fellow citizens in the New World?

For a Black American, this could mean Nigeria; for someone of German ancestry, Germany; and so on.

Hypothetically, suppose the DSA achieved its full agenda: nationwide universal healthcare, abolition of the Senate, replacement of the President and Supreme Court with bodies chosen by and subordinate to Congress, and a rewritten constitution establishing a democratic socialist republic.

That would mean replacing America’s existing separation of powers and checks-and-balances structure with a fundamentally different political system. Would universal healthcare make that trade worthwhile?

I know my answer: absolutely not.