Politics

Too Soon For Vigilante Justice

I’m a big fan of Malcolm X. In fact, I used to think I supported violence-as-a-solution more than most people, and stayed quiet about those beliefs out of shame. Richard Spencer being punched has proven me wrong.

Universal Hate

I despise what the Republican Congress is doing. These motherfuckers bring out hatred in me. For example — Republicans Confirm…

Disgust and Politics

So, I don’t particularly believe or disbelieve the latest scandalous Trump story about his ties to Russia. I’m waiting on more evidence.

But I find it morbidly amusing that people seem to think some of the weirder details of the report are so important, like him…

Debate and Dialectic

Election season is over in the US, but folks are still talking about how divided political conversation is. We hear that…

Crony Beliefs

Credits up front: This essay draws heavily from Overcoming Bias, Less Wrong, Slate Star Codex, Robert Kurzban, Robert Trivers, Thomas Schelling, and Jonathan Haidt (among others I’m certainly forgetting). These are some of my all-time favorite sources, so I hope I’m doing them justice here.