Monthly Archives: April 2015

I have more thoughts on presidents, war, and voting that I hope to get to soon. But at the moment the eruption of violence in Baltimore seems more urgent. On Sunday I posted this well-intentioned Mic article to Facebook: On … Continue reading →

Ah — the season for browbeating progressives into submission has arrived! Here’s an essay by Allen Clifton in the old familiar style: Let me list a few numbers for everyone: 78 80 80 83 Those are the ages that Supreme … Continue reading →

There’s a great bit of news out of South Dakota: tribes and parents have won a federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) case against the state, based on a South Dakota court’s persistent practice of delaying a meaningful hearing after … Continue reading →

Eugene Volokh has a worthwhile series of posts up in response to the controversy over Indiana’s recently-passed “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” or RFRA. The law prevents the government from “substantially burden[ing] a person’s exercise of religion, even if the burden … Continue reading →

Ah, to be part of the 47%! Remember them? The people who were just never going to vote for lower taxes for the rich? There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what … Continue reading →