So, here we stand, with Chicago now on the brink of the fates of Baltimore and Ferguson (the latter of which hits very close to home of course.) The Chi Town protesters are acting about as stupidly as every other group of protesters, including tearing down a Christmas Tree as “part of the problem.” (Maybe you…
Author: tsrblke
A Thought On @marcorandazza’s Post re: Syrian Refugees
Over at his blog, Marc Randazza has a pretty good post on the refugee issue. Readers here may disagree with parts of the post, I know I do. Frankly I think framing opposition as fear is a bit much. I’m more in Eugene Volokh’s camp that there is a rational weighing of pro’s and cons…
Breaking News: The Dalai Lama Not Christian (Nor Are Progressives)
I’m seeing a lot of my liberal friends linking an Occupy Democrats post (No I won’t link to it. I read it so you don’t have to.) The Headline is: Dalai Lama: Quit Praying For Paris, Humans Created Terrorism And Humans Must End It. The money quote from the Lama himself: “We cannot solve this…
The More Speech Side: Burkas Are Barbarism And Feminists Should Care
Following up on my comment in CBD’s post. For whatever reason the bulk of Americans simply fail to engage in even the most basic counter speech to even the simplest problems with Islamic beliefs. We have in this country the power of free speech, and by God we should use it. Take for example Burkas….
Career Suicide Status: Nearly Total
If this past week or so has taught me anything, it’s that my future in academia was probably dead before it even started. I confess, I did not see this coming quite like this. I knew the academy did more than “lean” leftward. I knew it’d be a struggle to do anything given my conservative…
And now a word from Alasdair MacIntyre
In light of all the chaos at Yale and Mizzou, I am called to remember what a wise professor said: A crucial turning point in that earlier history (of the late Roman Empire) occurred when men and women of good will turned aside from the task of shoring up the Roman imperium and ceased to identify the…
The science of biopolitics
Via the AoS Coblogger @JohnEkdahl we have this little bit from Ars Technica Oxytocin makes socializing more enjoyable. First let’s clear up a common misconception. This is Oxytocin, a naturally occurring hormone not to be confused with OxyContin, the name brand for oxycodone a narcotic. (Ars’s comparison to pot does not help this confusion.) Nevertheless,…
CNN Breaking News: TSA Utter Failure
Ok that’s not their headline. But to them this news is so breaking they used their fancy infographic at 8AM CT and haven’t even posted the story to their website yet. The gist of it is this: the GAO is going to report today that the TSA has largely been a waste of money that…
Candidate Appeal: Sanders
Every so often I call back the memories of my stupid youth when I was a liberal (Gun control, welfare, right down the line. Social issues weren’t too huge at the time so I didn’t do much of those.) I ran though the old “If you’re not a liberal by the time you’re 30…” bit…
Trey Gowdy need only ask one question tomorrow of Hillary
Ok, to be fair, one question and depending on the answer one or two follow-ups. There’s been a lot of talk (Screw you Kevin McCarthy) over whether or not this is a political inquiry. To which the answer is: No, except that Hillary made it one by looking out for her political future over the…