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There was no chance that Senate Republicans were going to acquit Trump, but they definitely did their level best to come off as dictator-state-running goons in the process. The worst part about at least one of their...

It's late one early summer evening, and I'm sitting on my porch, minding my own with a glass of iced tea. The traditional summer sounds are in the air - crickets, birds, children playing... are those gunshots? I live right on the...

A few people decided to run for the Democratic nomination for President. Here are my thoughts on them. 1. Hillary Clinton, but played by Abe Simpson - Joe Biden. It's his turn. If he wins the nomination, Trump gets re-elected,...

Constitution writing is a thought experiment I engage in from time to time. While I've never written out an entire theoretical constitution of my own, I do have a number of ideas about how ours works/doesn't work, and how it...

According to rumors, there are a passel of new Star Trek shows under development, including the possibility of Patrick Stewart stepping back into his role as the smoothest of operators, Jean Luc Picard.  I'd like to spitball...

It's taken me a few days to coalesce my thoughts about the attacks in Paris, but in writing this I was really waiting for the inevitable reaction. Unfortunately, I could have written this days, or even months ago, and it would...

One of my friends asked me recently "what makes you such a liberal?"  This was in response to a discussion we were having about capital punishment.  It was an honest question that deserved an honest answer.  I've had a few...

An argument I've been making for a few years now is about a certain piece of technology that we should have by now but don't.  It's 2015, and we've launched a handful of human beings toward the moon and brought them back,...