Starlight Essays
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Why Mass Shootings Aren't a Problem
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Even aside from people who want to get rid of guns entirely, there are a great many people who rightly want to keep guns out of the han...
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Omnivorous Rex
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I recently encountered a woman on Facebook asking others how she was to come to grips with the idea of killing animals for meat. She said, ...
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Different Worlds
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On a gun group I follow on Facebook, there was recently a post that started, "With all the talk lately about flag burning..." and ...
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...
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