Originally posted on Facebook 10 Sep 2021 Self iD seems like an inclusive and kind way to give a break to a small group of people who have a tough gig, and can probably do with a bit of help as they undertake a journey that is far harder than

Originally posted on Facebook 11 Jul 2020 It is convenient to regard slavery as an historical issue, which ended when the seceding confederate states were conquered by Lincoln’s republicans. But that comfortable yankee fiction is belied by some W-D family anecdotes, or a quick glance at parts of the

Originally published on Facebook 7 June 2020 The killing of George Floyd occurred because a bad apple police officer was working in a system that permits officers to administer summary punishment of suspects. Kneeling on a suspects neck is a regular practice of the Minneapolis police department (carried out over

Originally published on Facebook 24 December 2016 Whichever government controls East Jerusalem has a primary duty to protect the lives and property of its inhabitants. Since Israel invaded in 1967, it has seized the private property of Christian and Moslem Jerusalemites, and given it to settlers who then lobby for

SCOTUS Series 002. Originally posted on Facebook Facebook 26 Oct 2020 The RBG replacement process is an interesting juxtaposition of expedience and consistency. And political expedience seems to be winning on both fronts. Democrats who railed against the 2016 delay in voting on Garland, now say that not carrying out

SCOTUS Series 001. Originally posted on Facebook 30 Sep 2018 Kavanaugh would probably be, at best, an undistinguished justice of the Supreme Court. Those wanting a court that puts individual rights before the desires of an overmighty state are unlikely to be cheered by the elevation of someone who served

Originally posted on Facebook 16 Nov 2016 Despite my preferred candidate polling only 3% and the party getting no, seats in congress, or, electoral college votes, there are reasons for optimism. Trump’s main failing is his support for torture. This speaks volumes about his morals and his lack of

Dissent, Protest, & Justice series 007. Originally posted onFacebook, 6th January 2022 The jury’s perverse acquittal of the Colston statue vandals, and the 06.01.2021 protestors’ request that congress not certify the US election result, both involve the proper functioning of systems which build liberty on the common

Dissent, Protest, & Justice Series 006 Originally posted on Facebook, 4th December 2021 If quantum mechanics were being pioneered today, wave-particle duality would see academia divided into ‘wave-ists’ and ‘particle-ists’, each trying to ensure that the other’s articles were suppressed. Universities would shun eminent professors whose ‘wave-ist’ views were

Dissent, Protest, & Justice Series 005 Originally posted on Facebook 20 Nov 2021 If Rittenhouse had been a 17yr old black child, brought up by a single mother, and shot those same three white criminals attacking him, in the same circumstances, how would politicians, the media, and prosecutors have behaved?