Starlight Essays

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Is There Such a Thing as Provocation?

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Provocation used to be recognized in American courts. The degree to which it still is, I don't know. But presumably, once upon a time, i...
Monday, April 20, 2015

Turning Privilege Into Oppression

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Let's play a game. Think of some privilege you have, like... "I have electrical service in my home 24/7." That's prett...
Saturday, April 11, 2015

The Biggest Danger of Police Work Is Not What You Think

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I may edit this later to be a proper, stand-alone article, but for now, I'm just going to paste it and give you some background. I used ...
Thursday, April 2, 2015

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Again

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Reading a few articles over on everydayfeminism.com , I'm overwhelmed by the logical fallacies and failures of reasoning that the reader...
Thursday, March 5, 2015

Some Thoughts on Netanyahu's Speech to Congress

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- Liberal pundits in America have gone on at great length about how Netanyahu disrespected Obama. From what I've heard so far, he'...
Sunday, March 1, 2015

Relevant Skills

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I think it's tragic that, in a culture as centered as ours is around video entertainment, when kids put on plays in school and study Sha...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Explaining Natural Selection to Believers in Intelligent Design

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Believers in intelligent design often argue with great passion and conviction that when an organism perfectly fits its environment or its ec...
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Wayne A. Shingler
Wayne is an urban farmer and local food activist in Columbus, Ohio, who writes on a variety of topics including resiliency, self-reliance, social justice, localization, and political issues. (You can read his farm blog at http://frijolitofarm.com/blog/, or his other blog, Relearning Humanity, at https://relearninghumanity.wordpress.com/. )

Before going into farming, Wayne worked as a police officer, security guard, handyman, landscaper, teaching assistant, fur trapper, woodcarver, conveyor mechanic, Wal-Mart drone, food service worker, and Army Reservist, among other things. As Robert A. Heinlein said, "Specialization is for insects."

Wayne is married to Mayda, an independent web designer (unlimitedmedia.com). They have two young children together, Noah and Amalie. Wayne also has two grown children from a previous marriage.
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