Definitions of law, in reality and in the abstract
When we couple the Bill of Rights with the Declaration of Independence, we have to place these rights in the realm of natural law.
Author Archives: Steven Greffenius
Great purge: how many cowards will bow before hypocrites?
People who have it in their power to decline a resignation, nevertheless do not do so. By their cowardice, they cast their lot with the Maoists, and declare allegiance to tyrants on the rise.
Mobs and their hideous effects
Your select group finds itself isolated, condemned to impotence. When that happens, the final fall of the guillotine’s blade will be just as swift for the would-be saints as it was for their victims.
Freedom precedes power
The greater good comes at a high price when you pay with your autonomy.
Statues in the temple of race
Mobs do not even want power or authority. They would not know what to do with power or authority if they acquired it. They merely want to destroy, and they want others to see them do it.
Murder most cruel
That poor guy is suffering so much. We all want to knock the policeman off, but the uniforms and the guns are too much. No one wants to get shot, and most of us are black.
Role reversal
Domestic law enforcement might become effective again, and the army would solve its recruiting problem. Moreover, each force could make better use of its training in its new role.
Foreword for Revolution Underground
Looking over the calendar, history thinks, “If you thought impeachment was a big deal, just wait.”
Cynicism essential to our survival
Corruption corrodes democracy, and produces cynicism. Cynicism does not cause our difficulties. It results from them.
Biden happy to accept military’s help to eject Trump next year
I have always thought that presidents do not have to be all that intelligent. You need a lot of qualities, but you don’t need to be a genius. You do need to be able to think, though.
David Chappelle and James Mattis
Yet for its victims, the law presses its knee on your neck until you die. It threatens your life – no one cares to be equal before that.
Police reform and systemic racism
Start with budgets, leadership, employment contracts and qualifications, disciplinary processes, training programs: administrative details every organization must address to function effectively. Academic concepts like systemic racism do not give you traction you need for deep change.
