September 30, 2015

Why Conservatives Hated John Boehner

On Friday morning, John Boehner announced he will be resigning from his position as speaker of the House, and from his congressional seat, in October.  Many conservatives greeted this news with unbridled adulation.  Breaking the news to his...

September 16, 2015

Second Republican Debate: What to Watch Out For

Though the last Republican debate contained its share of entertainment – they did, after all, place an entertainer at center stage – it also provided much that was politically interesting.  What will tonight's debate, which is th...

July 29, 2015

How language choice distorts reality

Jen Gunter, an OB/GYN, says it is not accurate to claim that Planned Parenthood is involved in the commodification of body parts taken from the bodies of aborted babies.  In an article for The New Republic, she explains that the right way to con...

July 25, 2015

Why Professors Shouldn't Be Evangelists

We have all heard horror stories of professors treating their classrooms as opportunities for ideological evangelism. Let me tell you about my approach. I am a philosophy professor.  As an adjunct, I teach at a number of local universities,...

July 12, 2015

Why not polygamy?

Prior to the astonishing recent victory of same-sex marriage, its advocates treated the polygamy question with contempt.  “If same-sex marriage is accepted,” a supporter would be asked, “what’s to stop us from allowing po...