The Just War Theory is a framework for analyzing the exceptional cases where war — that is, the deliberate use of potentially deadly force on a mass scale against a legitimate, sovereign authority — might possibly be something other than … Continue reading
I was digging around the dusty corners of the Documents folder on my computer today when I found, in a rarely-visited folder, a document from 2009 called “A New Party Platform.” I opened it up and was fairly delighted by … Continue reading
RH Reality Check is being transparently dishonest — one might even call it lying — in the case of Beatriz and Rachel, the El Salvadorean duo that’s been making headlines this week. In other news, water is wet and Monday … Continue reading
Last night, I was having some discussions about the future of the GOP (I mentioned these in my post yesterday), and I was asked whether we need to give up on abortion, moot it as an issue, and focus on … Continue reading
Reading the much-talked-about GOP “autopsy” today, trying to put together some impromptu thoughts about it for a Senate District meeting tonight, I find myself reminded of a passage from Douglas Adams’ novel Life, The Universe, and Everything. Slartibartfast, a hapless … Continue reading
This is hardly how I wanted to break a two-month absence from my blogging work. I was hoping for some notes on the new Pope Francis, or that I’d finally finish my thought experiment on rape and rebuttable presumption, or … Continue reading
All day, I thought about how to address the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade. How do you adequately commemorate 55 million murdered children in a Facebook status or a blog post? For the crime cannot — must not — … Continue reading
First things first: I was wrong. Nate Silver was right. The Democrats did, indeed, have a turnout miracle. Final exit polling shows the Democrats with a D+6 advantage on election night, essentially matching their D+7 result in 2008, and burying … Continue reading
I had planned to spend tonight, the last night before the election, finally talking about Minnesota’s Voter ID Amendment, explaining why requiring photographic identification is a wise policy and why the arguments against the amendment are (as I was planning … Continue reading
This piece was published on Facebook on Sunday, November 4, 2012. It is reposted with permission from the author. My response is here. There is a particular kind of violence in this world that has always bothered me. It hides … Continue reading