The political realities of the moment demand a united effort to compel Israel to stop the unfolding genocide in Gaza, and that's how I evaluate issues like the ASA resolution.
Politics
Nationalism eats your moral brain
Two essays on Israel show how nationalism is part of a moral system, a system, that is, for justifying behavior of a diminished moral character.
Ethical fault lines and empirical assumptions in Israel/Gaza
For 'proportionality,' most people treat the issues as ideological, but they are also empirical.
Don’t both-sides the war on truth
The know-nothing movement that Trump now leads obviously creates direct challenges that the forces of truth must rise to meet, but we're not responsible for the war on truth.
Let’s raise the legal age of marriage in Maryland
UPDATE: Maryland raised the minimum marriage age to 17 (which requires permission from a parent/guardian or the court), or 18 otherwise. The law took effect in October 2022. Today I sent the following letter to the Maryland House Judiciary Committee, which is scheduled to hold a hearing on these bills tomorrow. Under current law in…
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Googling “Lost in Translation” versus “nativity scenes” across state political identities
Also, vegetarian food versus cooking steaks -- using new Gallup state data.
The Death of Truth rings true
You may as well read Michiko Kakutani's book in one sitting.
Against Trump’s family separation policy
It's vile and inhumane. No one has to tolerate this system of atrocities, and that includes all of us.
The failure of the success sequence
Generations of applying the "three somethings" formula to a basic idea: the problem with poor people is that they’re doing life wrong.
Hitting for the cycle in Trump land
From it's not true to nothing matters in a few tweets.
Family Inequality 