Policing one’s own mental state is risky business.
Dead Man Writing
Yesterday, I entered hospice.
Yesterday, I entered hospice.
Freshmen, Take History; Graduates, Take Jail
There will be more chances to speak up, and I am confident that many of you will, and a few will even join us in jail. You have no choice.
There will be more chances to speak up, and I am confident that many of you will, and a few will even join us in jail. You have no choice.
Righting Historical Wrongs: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Reparations are not punishment for the crime. The perpetrators got clean away and that will not change.
Reparations are not punishment for the crime. The perpetrators got clean away and that will not change.
The Door to Leave the Forever War
Life in the U.S. is not going to be a cakewalk for all the Afghans we are able to evacuate. However, they will be unlikely to get killed and we do, here in the U.S., educate our daughters.
Life in the U.S. is not going to be a cakewalk for all the Afghans we are able to evacuate. However, they will be unlikely to get killed and we do, here in the U.S., educate our daughters.
Intellectuals in Post-Truth Politics
The bad rap on intellectuals — if I understand it — -is that we are an unfortunate combination of useless and arrogant. We can do nothing useful but we still look down on those who can.
The bad rap on intellectuals — if I understand it — -is that we are an unfortunate combination of useless and arrogant. We can do nothing useful but we still look down on those who can.
Whither the Nation Post-Trump?
I listened to the talking heads on the tube comparing Biden’s vision to FDR or LBJ, and I agree.
I listened to the talking heads on the tube comparing Biden’s vision to FDR or LBJ, and I agree.
The Justice of Color
Derek Chauvin’s conviction for a slow and public murder in broad daylight should have been no surprise, but it was.
Derek Chauvin’s conviction for a slow and public murder in broad daylight should have been no surprise, but it was.
Thoughts and Prayers and Red Flags
Future dangerousness may be slippery as a squid, but it’s an inquiry a criminal court makes at every sentencing.
Future dangerousness may be slippery as a squid, but it’s an inquiry a criminal court makes at every sentencing.
Truth Is a Moving Target
If you are determined to seek out what is true, you can swim through oceans of absurdity and barely get wet.
If you are determined to seek out what is true, you can swim through oceans of absurdity and barely get wet.
Biden Judges
Biden’s many years chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee give him a head start in picking judges.
Biden’s many years chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee give him a head start in picking judges.
Nobody Ever Said Lawyers Were Smart
Would you rather deal with good people at their worst or bad people at their best?
Would you rather deal with good people at their worst or bad people at their best?
Political Redistribution of Wealth
I get weary of accusations that this or that politician wants to “tax and spend” or that it’s wrong for the government to manipulate the distribution of wealth.
I get weary of accusations that this or that politician wants to “tax and spend” or that it’s wrong for the government to manipulate the distribution of wealth.
The Soul of a Nation
Ignorance stands in the way of attributing moral agency to government.
Ignorance stands in the way of attributing moral agency to government.
The Death of Impeachment?
The Senate sitting as an impeachment jury is not faring well in the court of public opinion.
The Senate sitting as an impeachment jury is not faring well in the court of public opinion.
Congressional Cowardice in Impeachment 2021
How is it, I wonder, that an outfit styling itself “the world’s greatest deliberative body” could harbor so many members who wish to avoid public deliberation?
How is it, I wonder, that an outfit styling itself “the world’s greatest deliberative body” could harbor so many members who wish to avoid public deliberation?