Evergreen Blog Post on Gun Control and Mental Health
:: Our gun problem is not a mental health problem. … Scapegoating works when a group is small and already vulnerable. People with major mental illnesses make up a small portion of our population, and they are among our most vulnerable. In the wake of every mass...
The Racism False Equivalence Strikes Again
:: In this case, a professor wasn’t fired because of reverse racism. She was fired because of plain old regular racism. I follow Bomani Jones on Twitter (and you should too), and this morning his feed alerted me to a news story about the firing of a Black,...
Should We Just Chill Out About Colbert and the FCC?
:: When the FCC Chair mouths off about his duty to enforce rules when discussing speech offensive to his own political party, his words have a chilling effect on speech. On Monday, May 1, 2017, Stephen Colbert, host of The Late Show, unleashed a string of school-yard...
Men Demand Things of Me
:: Women know how precious my time is. Men demand things of me. I woke up on International Women’s Day to this: yet another demand (via email) by a man I do not know for free labor by me for his personal benefit. In this case, the man wanted free career...
Hey sorry I’ve been really busy writing about T*ump
:: I’ve been writing about freedom of the press and authoritarianism, but also about the judiciary and separation of powers. Mostly this writing is fast-paced and exhausting in its fast-paced-ness, but it is worth it. You can catch it all here: (1) DAME...01. About Me
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