American Sniper and reasons for the war in Iraq
First, I have to say I have not seen American Sniper. I like Brad Cooper, and I like some of …
Monthly Archives: January 2015
What does the word ‘conspiracy’ actually mean?
Shawn Hamilton published an interesting article titled Rethinking Conspiracy in the Foreign Policy Journal (October 27, 2014). Here is an excerpt: The terms “conspiracy …
Love letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Martin Luther King
Can’t you hear J. Edgar’s spiteful, malignant voice in the letter below? It feels like he typed it at his …
Happy New Year from The Jeffersonian
Thank you, everyone, who has supported The Jeffersonian with your interest and readership, comments, and correspondence. I don’t often write about happy …
Department of pre-crime
An Ohio man with an impending mental evaluation has turned himself in for having homicidal thoughts toward House Speaker John …
The car on Elm Street
I’ve been reading S. M. Sigerson’s book on the death of Michael Collins, Irish independence leader, on August 22, 1922. …
Shoot on sight, strangle in broad daylight: mistreatment of black males by police officers
The shootings of John Crawford and Tamir Rice in Ohio are in the national discussion now that grand juries have …
Why power loves dishonesty
I like the government’s new euphemism for lying: ‘lack of transparency’. A long time ago, in graduate school, I wrote …
Arguments about the long Iraq war
When I first arrived at college, a professor used the phrase “begs the question.” I had not heard it before, …
114th Congress: voting still matters, in the legislature and among constituents
Almost six years ago, Barack Obama took office with solid majorities for his party in both the House and Senate. …
Does intellectual dishonesty work?
Intellectual dishonesty appears so often, you have to ask whether or not it works. Why would people go to the …
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