Given the recent Trump phenomenon, the political-correctness backlash, and the counter-charge that liberals routinely and unfairly deploy the accusation that conservatives are racist, I wanted to take minute to grapple […]
Commentary - Politics
Gun Control, Part II
Another week, another shooting, another month, another mass shooting, another quarter, another particularly startling mass shooting. I’m actually writing this at the end of a week where we managed TWO […]
Commentary - Politics
What Would I Have to Believe?
[Originally written August 2014] Having spent more that 15 minutes on the internet, you’ve been danger-close to stupid opinions. We’ve all had the uncanny experience of watching a close friend, […]
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Fear and DIY in Texas
In high school, I went on a fantastic 3-day trip to Lake George. The scene was idyllic: we camped on the islands in the lake, and traveled by canoe, carrying […]
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A Few Quick Remarks on the Illuminati
Not long ago, I found myself the passenger in a ride to the airport with a most unique cab driver, who warned me how we were all going to die. […]
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On “Militant Atheism”
Today this happened. Reactions have been predictable. I take particular issue with this one, one of many to make the claim that so-called “militant atheism” is to blame. It’s not. […]
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A Slight Turn.
Quick announcement: I’m pretty sure I’ve departed from the traditional left-wing. How does this happen? I trace this sensation back to when I enrolled my daughter at her public charter […]
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Trayvon, Part 2
There seems to be some kind of misunderstanding here. People are throwing around all kinds of bizarre comparisons of the Trayvon Martin case to newer crimes in which blacks and […]
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Sandy Hook, Months Later.
All of us have recently watched the outpouring of sentiment in regards to the massacre of unarmed children at Sandy Hook elementary in Connecticut. For reasons that should be tiringly […]