Partial-Birth Abortion: What are the liberals really saying?
Opponents to the recent decision by the US Supreme Court to uphold the ban on partial-birth abortion (or IDX) argue that the decision–the ban itself–only serves to increase the health risks to women, at least in certain circumstances. I think the truth behind their opposition has different roots. First, it seems obvious to me that [...]
Debating with Liberals
I’ve had quite a bit of fun recently debating with people on the “liberal” side of the social framework, mostly using the comment threads from their own blogs. I find commenting on liberal blogs to be a particularly cathartic experience. It’s a great outlet for the closet socio-political commentator inside me. There are a few [...]
The Reason
It was Aristotle who characterized the law as “reason, free from passion.” The intent of this blog is to illustrate that, while passion cannot be allowed to overrun reason, reason cannot be free from passion, not only in law, but in religion, sociology and any other realm that is worthy of intellectual attention and effort. [...]