Monthly Archives: December 2013

some facts about guns, episode 1

I’d prefer to live in a country that essentially doesn’t have guns — someplace like Japan, let’s say, where gun ownership is tightly controlled and quite uncommon. But I don’t live in such a country; I live in America, where … Continue reading

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the proper candy-cane-to-Jesus ratio is five

Nancy Leong argues in a recent blog post that the Establishment Clause protects religious conscience by preventing the secular power interests of government from contaminating the purity of religion. A pretty common argument, I think, but Prof. Leong’s particular framing … Continue reading

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peace on Earth, goodwill toward men

I’ve been running silent for a while, partly mulling some things over philosophically, and partly trying to keep my head above water during a trying semester. I’ve got some things I want to write about lined up, and I hope … Continue reading

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