So, my last post (Just Sayin: How A Democracy Would Go To War) turned out to be waaaaay more timely than I’d planned. That’s probably not a good thing. I’m not trying to be timely. I decided to start writing…
Just Sayin: How A Democracy Would Go To War
War is bad, mmmkay? But sometimes, it’s necessary. The thing is, we really, really, don’t agree on when. Hell, at this point there’s an active component of the American public who think we shouldn’t have gone to war against the…
I’m Not OK With This: Depending On Norms Is Dangerous
Norms can be nice; a lot of people like it when they can depend on other folks to just behave the same way they would. But they really don’t work in governments. Firstly, of course, a government that runs on…
Gun Control: A Taxonomy
(This is a followup to a previous post: Gun Control: Bring Back the Militias. This train of thought pre-supposes that post has been implemented and official state militias exist.) You have what in your garage?! First, in the modern era…
Let’s Do This: “Citizens United” Is Easily Defeated
For those of y’all who’ve been living in a cave for the past several years of Supreme Court foolishness, Citizens United is the name of the case where the Supreme Court decided that if corporations are people then they must…
Failed Constitution Check: Executive Oversight
Most Americans agree that the current federal Executive branch is out of control and the normal oversight mechanisms aren’t working. Most of those who disagree with that statement now would have agreed with it 4 years ago … This is…
Gun Control: Bring Back the Militias
Let’s start this off with something simple and non-controversial, shall we? A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. So, here…
First post!
OK, now that’s out of my system. A lot of things in this world need fixin’. And rather than buying a bunker, I’m going to try to write some suggestions on how we should go about that. For one thing,…