“We need to put an end to this radical atheist violence!”, said no one ever.
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Thought of the day
Posted on May 27, 2013 by Michael
It makes me happy that reports of equal rights and equal treatment being rightfully expanded to gays are practically non-stories at this point.
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Thought of the day
Posted on May 17, 2013 by Michael
Harry Reid recently said that government is inherently good. That, of course, isn’t true. There are all sorts of awful governments out there that cause greater harm than good as an inherent function of what they are*. However, that doesn’t mean that certain types of governments can’t be inherently good. Perhaps Reid went on to be specific about what he meant (I only heard the clip on conservative talk shows, so it’s best to assume it was rid of any context), because if he did, there is at least one obvious form of government that, yes, is inherently good: Democracy.
*Incidentally, the causing of more harm than good is why some governments are bad. It has nothing to do with the liberty which they may or may not provide; liberty is morally secondary.
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Thought of the day
Posted on May 13, 2013 by Michael
It’s as if the Bruins like 7-game series.
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Thought of the day
Posted on May 9, 2013 by Michael
Benghazi will never be the big issue Republicans pretend it is.
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Thought of the day
Posted on May 6, 2013 by Michael
The government creates the legal framework and defines what a corporation is. The government can thus regulate corporations any way it pleases.
Honestly. It’s that simple: Citizens United defeated.
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Thought of the day
Posted on April 29, 2013 by Michael
I happen to have a job I got, in part, on the basis of my educational background. However, it astounds me the number of employers out there that just do not give two shits about 4-year degrees.
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Thought of the day
Posted on April 22, 2013 by Michael
I find it amazing that I’ve yet to meet a Christian who has interpreted a piece of the Bible in a way which doesn’t match with his or her own personal views. Just imagine what technology and knowledge would look like if scientists behaved this way. Our streets and buildings would be as dark as North Korea’s.
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Thought of the day
Posted on April 18, 2013 by Michael
Since the early 90’s gun background checks have denied about 2 million sales to people not allowed to own the weapons. Such checks only cover a minority of all gun purchases. So why not expand this process to cover more people? Why don’t members of the U.S. Senate care about preventing felons from purchasing guns? What part of the second amendment is being protected by not taking a peak to see if someone committed an armed robbery in the past?
Fuck you, NRA. And double fuck you, Senate.
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Thought of the day
Posted on April 8, 2013 by Michael
Utilitarianism is the only approach that makes sense in government (and personal) policies. It takes into account the need for freedom and personal autonomy by virtue of those being things which increase the net good and decrease pain, but it doesn’t tie us down to ridiculous conclusions, such as libertarianism does. For example, libertarianism forces this absurd idea that fire departments don’t need to respond when the burning structure belongs to someone who owes a fee or pays taxes in a different but immediately neighboring district. These things do not happen as a result of utilitarianism.
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For the Sake of Science 