Starlight Essays
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Would You, Could You, in the Dark?
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A question was posed on a Facebook page I follow: "If we could successfully grow meat in a nutrient vat (which tasted exactly the same ...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Three Card Monte
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Groups of white people sporting shaved heads and swastikas intimidate and harm people of color. But then when you get the leaders of those g...
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Radical Implosion & Radical Distillation
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After long observation, I've come to a conclusion about something. The problem with any social movement aimed at remedying a perceived p...
Monday, June 2, 2014
Your Opinion Doesn't Negate My Experiences
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Let's talk about a form of bullying that doesn't get much attention: dismissiveness. In the debate over gun policy in America, we ge...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
I Am Rubber, You Are Glue
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Following is my reply to a left-wing blogger ranting about a right-wing author's claim that liberals are fascists: I swear, it'...
Saturday, May 10, 2014
On Suppressing Dissent
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It just occurred to me when reading about Sophie Scholl: governments that suppress dissenting speech are making a huge strategic error. I ca...
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Getting Money Out of Politics
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In McCutcheon v. FEC, the Supreme Court reaffirmed its opinion first stated in Citizens United v. FEC that campaign contributions are speech...
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