# Great Debates **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=102 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 103 --- ## [How much will the pay differences between men and women change? Or will it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-will-the-pay-differences-between-men-and-women-change-or-will-it/806028)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-will-the-pay-differences-between-men-and-women-change-or-will-it/806028 "2018-01-23T00:50:59Z")
Many talk about the gender difference in the US in pay. Like that women are paid something like 75% less than men. I think we can all agree on that number is based on a accumulation and average of incomes so yes, overal… --- ## [Does Trump Think That He Will Be Welcomed In The UK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-think-that-he-will-be-welcomed-in-the-uk/803151)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-think-that-he-will-be-welcomed-in-the-uk/803151 "2018-01-22T01:31:32Z")
It may possibly be confirmation bias, but I hardly ever read anything complimentary about him personally or his policies. The only exception seems to be that he handled China less badly than expected. Theresa May has sa… --- ## [State law v. Federal border protection law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-law-v-federal-border-protection-law/806569)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-law-v-federal-border-protection-law/806569 "2018-01-22T01:26:51Z")
We are protected from unreasonable search and seizure by the 4th Amendment. That protection is lessened near a national border, which allows warrantless searches of luggage and such. According to federal law, though, 2… --- ## [Is Liberalism Failing on the Left and Right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-liberalism-failing-on-the-left-and-right/806648)
**Author:** [@Bassman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bassman)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-liberalism-failing-on-the-left-and-right/806648 "2018-01-20T14:22:13Z")
Political scientist Patrick Deneen has written a new book called Why Liberalism Failed. I’ve yet to read it, but I think this review from the Federalist gives a good overview of the thesis of the book. If you have a good… --- ## [WW I, Korea, WW II and Israel; Heads You Win Should Not be Tails I Lose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-i-korea-ww-ii-and-israel-heads-you-win-should-not-be-tails-i-lose/806094)
**Author:** [@JBGUSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBGUSA)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-i-korea-ww-ii-and-israel-heads-you-win-should-not-be-tails-i-lose/806094 "2018-01-20T08:13:21Z")
The premise of this thread it that when a party starts a war and loses, the defending side should be allowed to finish it. In the cases of WW I, Korea and Vietnam the aggressors, respectively Germany/Austro-Hungarian … --- ## [When leaders talk in private...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-leaders-talk-in-private/806857)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-leaders-talk-in-private/806857 "2018-01-20T07:27:02Z")
On Trumps “shithole” comment, one aspect of this is he didnt say it “officially”, it was said during a closed meeting with members of congress. He probably thought everything would be “off the record” so to speak. Well i… --- ## [At what point does someone have a right to reside in a country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-someone-have-a-right-to-reside-in-a-country/806255)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-someone-have-a-right-to-reside-in-a-country/806255 "2018-01-20T04:13:05Z")
There can be little doubt that citizens and people with visas, green cards, etc. have a legal right to reside in a country. But when it comes to illegal immigration, at which point has the illegal immigrant crossed over… --- ## ["Entitlement" now means the opposite of entitlement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entitlement-now-means-the-opposite-of-entitlement/806659)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entitlement-now-means-the-opposite-of-entitlement/806659 "2018-01-20T00:52:41Z")
I see reflexive comments on Facebook these days whenever someone suggests axing Social Security or Medicare:\* “Don’t you dare call those programs ‘entitlements!’ We paid into those programs all our lives, we earned them,… --- ## [House passes Gun Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-passes-gun-bill/803826)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 368\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-passes-gun-bill/803826 "2018-01-19T15:42:10Z")
The House passes a concealed carry reciprocity bill that would require every jurisdiction to respect the concealed carry permits of every other jurisdiction. Included in the legislation is a NICS FIX that would improv… --- ## [What's the straight dope on IQ and intelligence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-iq-and-intelligence/802560)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-iq-and-intelligence/802560 "2018-01-18T20:06:15Z")
So in another thread (since removed), there was some discussion about IQ. Without wanting to tread too close to that mess, another poster, who seems to know what they’re talking about on the subject, said something along… --- ## [Are we being lied to about the value of STEM degrees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-being-lied-to-about-the-value-of-stem-degrees/805291)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-being-lied-to-about-the-value-of-stem-degrees/805291 "2018-01-18T16:20:14Z")
We keep hearing about the “shortage” of STEM graduates, and how much money one can make with a degree. I know a lot of people who have engineering degrees, and are working at jobs that could easily be done by high schoo… --- ## [What's the religious composition of evolution/vaccine/climate change deniers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-religious-composition-of-evolution-vaccine-climate-change-deniers/805375)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-religious-composition-of-evolution-vaccine-climate-change-deniers/805375 "2018-01-18T13:21:57Z")
Is there much overlap between deniers of evolution, vaccines and climate change? How about with Trump voters? What is the demographic, especially religious, makeup of each group? I am particularly curious about whether … --- ## [LGBT Tolerance in Religious America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbt-tolerance-in-religious-america/805782)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbt-tolerance-in-religious-america/805782 "2018-01-18T05:38:19Z")
According to this very recent article, of the 100 largest churches in America, the number that affirm LGBT people are a whopping…zero. Another disturbing statistic is that, of the 537 largest churches they found info a… --- ## [Rapture vs. dying once/judgment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapture-vs-dying-once-judgment/806643)
**Author:** [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapture-vs-dying-once-judgment/806643 "2018-01-17T18:55:40Z")
The description of the Rapture that is in the book of Revelation in the Bible (IIRC, God’s true church will be taken up to meet Him in the clouds on that day, and everyone else will be left behind to the tribulation)-- d… --- ## [Which formulation is correct: The children range in age from../range in ages from/between...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-formulation-is-correct-the-children-range-in-age-from-range-in-ages-from-between/806748)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-formulation-is-correct-the-children-range-in-age-from-range-in-ages-from-between/806748 "2018-01-17T03:50:46Z")
Hi I have seen many results for all of the following formulations. Which ones are standard? Are they all equally valid? The children range in age from… The children range in age range in ages from/between…? The childr… --- ## [FCC Repeals Net Neutrality Rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fcc-repeals-net-neutrality-rule/804522)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 748\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fcc-repeals-net-neutrality-rule/804522 "2018-01-16T22:00:22Z")
I have no problem with this, and the bulk of criticisms I have heard in the public sphere rest of misunderstandings of the rule or of how traffic move across the Internet. So, potentially a good thing, but I’d be open t… --- ## [The EU bans credit card surcharges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eu-bans-credit-card-surcharges/806621)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eu-bans-credit-card-surcharges/806621 "2018-01-16T05:41:32Z")
The European Union has banned credit card surcharges and I think this is a good idea. In developed countries, paying by card is common. Set your prices as you need to to cover the merchant fees assessed by credit card co… --- ## [The federal individual mandate is phased out in 2019. What happens to the ACA markets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-federal-individual-mandate-is-phased-out-in-2019-what-happens-to-the-aca-markets/805069)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-federal-individual-mandate-is-phased-out-in-2019-what-happens-to-the-aca-markets/805069 "2018-01-15T16:29:58Z")
As part of the recently passed GOP tax plan, the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate to acquire health insurance has been phased out beginning in 2019. The mandate was long heralded as integral to the architecture … --- ## [School Dayz - Education or Stabbing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-dayz-education-or-stabbing/806484)
**Author:** [@JBGUSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBGUSA)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-dayz-education-or-stabbing/806484 "2018-01-13T04:39:16Z")
New Rochelle: Police, concern surround school after stabbing (link) Though one of the parties to this altercation is dead and the other won’t speak to protect her legal rights, the publicly known facts are simple: On W… --- ## [So When Does Christmas End (OFFICIALLY)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-does-christmas-end-officially/805642)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-does-christmas-end-officially/805642 "2018-01-12T14:44:50Z")
Something I have wondered for some time now. When does the Christmas season “really” end? I know where I live, some people leave their decorations up till March. But that is not what I am talking about. I will tell wha… --- ## [...Buzzfeed were right to publish Christopher Steele's Trump Dossier.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzfeed-were-right-to-publish-christopher-steeles-trump-dossier/777161)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzfeed-were-right-to-publish-christopher-steeles-trump-dossier/777161 "2018-01-11T22:50:29Z")
…Christopher Steele is a former MI6 agent who, through his company Orbis Business Intelligence, was engaged (initially allegedly by FusionGPS) to investigate Donald Trump to find information to “stop his nomination bid.” … --- ## ["You didn't...?" in the courtroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-didnt-in-the-courtroom/805919)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-didnt-in-the-courtroom/805919 "2018-01-09T23:37:04Z")
When watching “Making a Murderer”, I was rather alarmed at how often the lawyers used questions of the form “You didn’t…”? Particularly given that witnesses are often expected to just answer yes or no (or don’t realize a… --- ## [Should it be a crime to feed feral cats within the city limits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-it-be-a-crime-to-feed-feral-cats-within-the-city-limits/805526)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-it-be-a-crime-to-feed-feral-cats-within-the-city-limits/805526 "2018-01-09T04:44:54Z")
The city council of our county seat (Urbana, Ohio) is planning to vote to on a ban to feed feral cats (and deer) within the city. Many of my FB friends who live in Urbana are up in arms over this, saying it is cruel and… --- ## [Which constitutional laws can be proven to have been irretrievably weakened or neutralized?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-constitutional-laws-can-be-proven-to-have-been-irretrievably-weakened-or-neutralized/805443)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-constitutional-laws-can-be-proven-to-have-been-irretrievably-weakened-or-neutralized/805443 "2018-01-08T23:29:21Z")
Which constitutional laws can be proven to have been irretrievably weakened or neutralized during the last several administrations? Which ones have the Supreme Court been eyeing to tackle? Which ones are seriously on the… --- ## [American ICBMs and targeting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-icbms-and-targeting/805845)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-icbms-and-targeting/805845 "2018-01-08T20:59:28Z")
Do the American ICBMs sitting silos already have targets assigned to them? And how hard is it to change the target? Let us say, hypothetically, that it is still the cold war circa 1985. From that era, I would assume tha… --- ## [Artifiial Intelligence Overestimated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artifiial-intelligence-overestimated/805798)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artifiial-intelligence-overestimated/805798 "2018-01-08T03:47:24Z")
A lot of big name people have been in the news the past few years warning artificial intelligence could wipe out mankind. But is it because AI is/can be that advanced or because we are giving AI dangerous peripheral acce… --- ## [Libertarian solutions to poverty: do they make sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-solutions-to-poverty-do-they-make-sense/805546)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-solutions-to-poverty-do-they-make-sense/805546 "2018-01-07T23:30:35Z")
I’ve read this in more than one place and still don’t see how it could work very well. http://libertarianviewpoint.com/blog/poverty-and-welfare/ http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Libertarian\_Party\_Welfare\_+\_Poverty.htm … --- ## [On repealing the 17th Amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-repealing-the-17th-amendment/805461)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-repealing-the-17th-amendment/805461 "2018-01-07T20:40:31Z")
Picking up and not wishing to hijack another thread, someone mentioned there’s a fringe movement to repeal the 17th Amendment to the US constitution. Wiki on the 17th Amendment NPR Story on the movement to repeal Look… --- ## [Ban Assault Weapons? Why are they needed? And, what are "arms"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ban-assault-weapons-why-are-they-needed-and-what-are-arms/772384)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ban-assault-weapons-why-are-they-needed-and-what-are-arms/772384 "2018-01-07T16:27:09Z")
Before I jump in let me say that I own hand guns and a shotgun. I also just bought an AR lower. My 10 day waiting period is up so I’ll swing by later today, or in the next few days, to pick it up. It’s a stripped lower. … --- ## [Is the Federal Government in Autopilot? (Or "Does Trump Really Run Anything?" )](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-federal-government-in-autopilot-or-does-trump-really-run-anything/805920)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-federal-government-in-autopilot-or-does-trump-really-run-anything/805920 "2018-01-06T23:25:19Z")
The impression I’m getting is that, at most levels, the Federal government is ignoring Donald Trump and carrying on as if a normal, sane person were President. To a right-wing paranoid, this might mean an evil “Deep Sta… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=103)