Last year was not good for race relations in the US. To be honest there really hasn’t been a “good year” but there have been non-bad years 2014 though was not one of them. A lot of people on my…
Second Class
I’ve been trying to formulate an honest and measured opinion about the latest trend of unarmed black men being killed by the police. I’ve tried to distance myself and tried to put myself in the position of the police who…
Becoming Human
It almost seems like many people want to think that Abe Lincoln freed the slaves and the next weekend Martin Luther King was marching on Washington.
The Other Too Big To Fail
There is a lot of talk going around about raising the minimum wage. Conservatives have coalesced around the idea that raising the minimum wage right now is a terrible idea because it will hurt small business. According to conservatives the…
Bobby Jindal, Miley Cyrus, and getting older
So I’ve been away for a while. Been a little busy, getting married, setting up a new apartment. As a result I really haven’t had the unadulterated stretches of time I really need to put up some posts. I’ve got…
Why I Don’t Care About the Second Amendment Rights Fight
I’ve said many times before that I don’t want to ban guns. With the amount of guns on the market already and the amount that would likely sell before a ban took effect, it would not only be ineffective it…