Earlier this year, the US Supreme Court overthrew Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs v. Jackson decision. This was a major legal and cultural earthquake. A big question that arose from this decision was how will this affect Obergefell v. Hodges, which codified same-sex marriage as legal back in 2015? Most of the conservative justices… Continue reading What’s really behind the “Mormon Church”‘s stance on the Respect for Marriage Act?
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Is politics the problem?
Steve Deace made an interesting point on his show today. They were talking about the tendency for some people to vote purely along cultural lines, even when they disagree with almost everything that “their” candidate stands for—or in other words, people who vote Democrat “because we are Democrats” or Republican “because we are Republicans.” In… Continue reading Is politics the problem?
Is this the worst possible election result?
As I write this, it’s the morning after the US 2022 midterm elections. The results aren’t totally in yet, but it appears that the Republicans are going to have a slight majority in the House, while the Senate is poised on the edge of a knife and could go either way. Republicans had convinced themselves… Continue reading Is this the worst possible election result?
Inflation and book pricing
So with inflation being what it is, one of the questions on my mind these last few months has been whether I should raise my book prices to keep up with the increased cost of living. We’re definitely feeling it every time we go to the gas station or the grocery store, and I’m sure… Continue reading Inflation and book pricing
This is the most hilarious thing I’ve seen all week!
This just popped up in my blog aggregator this morning (yes, I still use a blog aggregator—it helps to avoid addictive social media algorithms), and it is legitimately the most laugh-out-loud hilarious Project Veritas video I’ve seen—and that’s saying something. Just wait until the end!
Reading Resolution Update: After Action Report
My 2022 reading resolution: Read or DNF every novel that has won a Hugo or a Nebula award, and acquire all the good ones. Earlier this month, I finished my last Hugo/Nebula book and ordered the last two ones that I hadn’t yet acquired. The first of those (Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin) arrived… Continue reading Reading Resolution Update: After Action Report
What’s your political sandwich compass?
Hardcore conservative purist, all the way!
“What government funds…”
What the government funds, it controls; and what it controls, it owns. Edward Griffin, The Creature from Jekyll Island.
What are the odds the world will end in the next 12 months?
Here’s a fun and cheery blog post for you. Just for fun, let’s run down all of the ways in which the world might come to an end in the next 12 months, and assign probabilities to each one. I’m not sure what qualifies as “the end of the world,” but for our purposes let’s… Continue reading What are the odds the world will end in the next 12 months?
Lessons from living without social media
In 2014, after being active on Facebook for eight years–the majority of my young adult life–I bit the bullet and deleted my account. I did it over the original Edward Snowden revelations, because I was genuinely disturbed with the connections between Facebook and the US intelligence community, and did not want to trust Zuckerberg or… Continue reading Lessons from living without social media