Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Some thoughts on Trump derangement syndrome

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As you may have noticed, I am no fan of Donald Trump. Nonetheless, I think that one reason why so many people succumb to Trump derangement s...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

Book review: Fantasyland

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I have just finished Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History, whose title could use a few more colons. The thesis is that...
Monday, October 9, 2017

Someone actually wrote this: Gay people and gun control

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In The Advocate, Kevin Hertzog, cofounder of Gays Against Guns, writes , On Sunday in Las Vegas, someone with a stockpile of guns and ammun...
Friday, September 29, 2017

The major parties' heartfelt principles

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The New York Times reports that Republicans have abandoned one of their favorite talking points, namely, the deficit: “It’s a great talkin...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Someone actually wrote this: We need to nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon.

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In The Guardian, Nick Srnicek writes , Ello’s rapid rise and fall is symptomatic of our contemporary digital world and the monopoly-style p...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Trademarks and free speech

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On the blog Above the Law, Joe Patrice writes about "the path that most defines the Roberts Court: the provisions of the Bill of Right...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

Someone actually wrote this: Is Pride Still for Queer People like Me?

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In today's New York Times, Krista Burton writes , Pride was a party, a huge gay party, and I had never been so excited to be invited, o...