Did Left-Wing Rhetoric Cause Yesterday’s Shooting? Yes and No.
2017-06-15 – Did left-wing rhetoric case yesterday’s shooting at the GOP baseball practice? Alt-Right seems to think so. Much of the left is chalking it up to an individual crazy […]
Tag Archives: Culture
Just Put the Ocean in Prison
2017-06-08 – Our attorney general seems to want to put everyone in jail. Well, we don’t know if it’s everyone. He’s recused himself from “everyone.” And maybe rapists. But everyone […]
Just Throwing $Billions at It Won’t Help . . . Or Maybe It Will
2017-06-05 – A common critique of liberal policies is that “just throwing billions of dollars at a problem doesn’t mean it will help.” This is true in a way, but […]
When Your Government Is a Bunch of Sneak Thieves, #Resist
2017-05-25 – Earlier this week I urged by Facebook friends to go to the FCC website to oppose the current proposal to end net neutrality. You can do that by […]
Misdirected Political Energy Is a Greenhouse Gas
2017-05-18 – I know all this talk of high crimes and misdemeanors makes you giddy. But take a deep breath. We’ve been down this path before and it didn’t get […]
College Graduations Remind Me of Yom Kippur
2015-05-15 – College graduations remind me of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement—a big crowd and a long ceremony devoted to examining your life. You’re probably a little hungry, […]
Could the Insanity Defense Work in Impeachment Proceedings?
2017-05-11 – Not guilty by reason of insanity. You’ve heard the verdict many times, though it is actually pretty rare. The insanity defense is a legal excuse that permits an […]
The Fake Wars—#Aftselakhis
2017-05-01 – Happy May Day! If you want to get your hackles up over whether May Day is a labor holiday, welcome to the fake wars. Fake wars are wars […]
Is It Really So Hard to Stop Hating People?
2017-04-24 – Is it really so hard to stop hating people? I’m beginning to think so. Thirty years ago, I used to go folk dancing. One day I walked into […]
All or Nothing . . . More than Nothing?
2017-04-20 – You’ve got a theory. Your theory is that I am wrong. You think you are right. You think I’m wrong. And vice versa. But couldn’t we both be […]
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