Subtlety slithers its way into campus arguments about free speech
I wonder what Ms. Nowacki thinks about her own pattern of thought, and of those who agree with her. When did free speech become a pretext for recruiting terrorists and racists?
Previous articles
When a patriot becomes a patsy: part one
Many argue, “If all those conspiracy theories were correct, someone would have talked. Where are they?” A simple answer is that people have talked.
To solve political crimes, let’s talk about theories, and drop the adjectives
One recommendation you can’t escape: let’s drop the term conspiracy theory from our political vocabulary. Let’s drop the adjectives, too, like reprehensible, crazy, and dangerous.
When you go after a powerful person, use power to do it
The kinds of calculations most leaders make seem beyond him. His lack of political skills proved a big asset during both the primary and general elections, but this congenital deficit has not helped him since he arrived in Washington.
Vertical strength of skyscrapers
I’ve written a lot about how government officials lose trust when they conceal or destroy evidence of political crimes. The …
Why Edward Snowden remains important four years later
Government does not undertake its projects in secret for your benefit. It acts in secret for its own benefit, to protect its own power and privileges, and to commit crimes too serious and brazen to commit in the open.
Chelsea Manning; Safe Communities Act; Comey vs. Trump
Many Republicans and establishment types outside the party still want him, even expect him to act like a president. People wanted Caligula to act like an emperor, too.
The Conspiracy to Silence a JFK Assassination Theorist
Published on Jun 6, 2017: Robert Groden has been issued 82 tickets by the city of Dallas and arrested twice. His offense? Running a table in Dealey Plaza on weekends offering passerbys an interpretation of the JFK assassination that conflicts with what Groden calls “the official fiction.”
Public monuments; How we think
The freehand rough drafts, winnowing down, rewriting process, filling out, polishing, arranging pieces, and so on produce good collections. I hope writing at all of these stages has a good effect someday.
Climate change politics: if you’re not with us, you’re against us
They do not appear interested in why the earth warms and cools over eons, let alone the endogenous and exogenous influences on that cycle. Their behavior, as it becomes more extreme and predatory, is not even politics. Advocates’ attitudes toward science, and toward politics, indicate they started out as do-gooders who evolved into bullies. They merely want to have their way.
Why did Hillary Clinton lose the election?
We will have to see what Mueller’s investigation actually produces. Meanwhile, I’m happy to say, theories about shady people who conspire to do bad things are back in vogue right now.
The campaign against hate speech
The law does not care to prevent speech merely because it sounds hateful. That is why activists – whether on campus or in the mayor’s office – want to act against disfavored speech outside the law. They cannot shut it down any other way.
