Legislating from the bench
Recently I got into an online argument — surprise, I know! — over the Controlled Substances Act and the extent of Congress’s interstate and in...
Category: Due process
Revisiting Brock Turner
There’s a big reason we don’t have “justice” in the United States: justice is not objective. It’s entirely subjective. What is ...
Limiting the exercise of rights, and the risks of freedom
I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitu...
A compromise on the “terrorist watch list”
A lot of the gun control talk in recent days following the Orlando attack has centered around the “terrorist watch list”, a covert list of individua...
Regarding the Brock Turner case…
Defending principles is extremely difficult. But necessary. On this blog and in other venues, I’ve defended the outcomes of the Casey Anthony and George Z...
Reply to Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof is a writer for the New York Times focusing on human rights, women’s rights, health and global affairs. As part of the SundayReview colum...
Road Trip: A renewed view of the Second Amendment
Recently I had the great opportunity to take a road trip with my wife to southern Nevada. Being a freshly-renewed permitted carrier of a concealed weapon from M...
Revisiting due process and firearms
Perhaps my expectations are too high. I don’t think they are. Just as I would expect a programmer to understand the fundamental concepts of the languages ...
Talking about rape
Let’s talk about rape. Rape is forced sexual performance or sexual performance that occurs while the person — the victim — has been coerced, i...
Reply to the New York Times Editorial Board regarding gun laws
I will say up front that I have a concealed carry permit lawfully issued under the laws of the State of Missouri. I’m also up for renewal later this year....
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