Monday, January 27, 2014

Today's vocabulary word: majoritarianism

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majoritarianism , n. the belief that since people lack the intelligence, responsibility, or moral authority to run their own lives, we need...
Sunday, January 5, 2014

How dare you notice that what happened happened!

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Sometimes, when discussing a subject that someone takes as faith-based — typically religion or either left-wing or right-wing political corr...

Today's vocabulary term: circular logic

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circular logic, n. phr. the best kind of logic, since it always gives exactly the result that the person using it wants
Sunday, December 29, 2013

My latest letter to the editor

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is in The Washington Post here : In expressing opposition to the proposed casino in Prince George’s County, Margi Willis [“ ‘Vegas on the P...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

We're for religious freedom, except when we're not.

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A federal judge in Utah has recently held that Utah's law prohiting cohabitation violates a polygamist family's rights to free exer...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Faux News: Residents of Nightlife District Complain to City Council About Noise, Crowds

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VALLEY HILLS (Faux News): Residents of Valley Hills’ 18th Avenue nightlife district attended last night’s meeting of the city council to de...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

On this day in history (whose lesson we mustn't learn)

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On December 5, 1933, that spectacularly failed attempt at social engineering known as Prohibition ended. Everyone surely knows about its un...