Constitutional law professor Paul Campos of the Lawyers, Guns & Money blog has appeared here under the Read This tag before. And for good reason. He sees the current situation more clearly than their other authors do, and much more…
Party Time: Is Too Late For A New Opposition Party?
This is the sixth entry in an increasingly-long series: And I’m gonna answer the title question with the same cop-out answer as in the previous post: yes, and also no. It really depends on what you mean by too late.…
Party Time: Wouldn’t A New Party Just Be A Spoiler?
This is the fifth entry in an increasingly-long series: And to answer the title question: yes, and also no. Well, not necessarily. In much of the country, yes a third political party could quite possibly tip an election to the…
Political Spelunking: The Democrats Are Gearing Up To Go Caving Again
Today, let’s take a step back from contemplating what a genuinely-opposition party would be like when a fascist movement has taken over the country’s government and talk instead about the allegedly-opposition party we actually have here in the United States…
Party Time: How To Start A New Political Party (In California)
This has turned into a series: This time, it’s going to get practical. I know, right? I’m only going to talk about California, because that’s where I live, but you should be able to do the same research about how…
Archive: ReOS: Another K5-inspired Project
Yeah; BeOS was a great desktop operating system. The project described here lasted for a while, but the open source replication of BeOS was not able to happen fast enough for me to keep using the BeOS core indefinitely and…
You Should Read This: We Should Talk About The Morality of Political Violence
Ken White at PopeHat has a timely and relevant request: He thinks it’s time to discuss the moral dimension of political violence. He’s not wrong. Whenever the State ventures outside its assigned powers or uses violence against its residents, then…
Bitter Sweet Sympathy: I’d Rather Be On A General Strike
I’m not going to go into any details, but my day job is such that me joining in with a general strike would not be helpful. Even during a general strike, you’d want your Internet to keep functioning, right? I…
Party Time: The Best Time To Start An Opposition Party Was Years Ago
The second best time to start a new opposition party is always now. The worst time is later. I wrote earlier this week about the United States’ need for a genuine opposition party and some ideas for how to manage…
Paper Anniversary: We Should Get Him Some Articles Of Impeachment
Yesterday was the first anniversary of Trump, damn his name‘s coup. There is, obviously, very little to celebrate about that. If you’re reading this site, then chances are good that you’re adequately informed on the current state of the world.…