Kansas had to deal with abortion, and decided to allow it — Many people view SCOTUS decisions through a political lens, which is a mistake. Often the court is ruling on a legal principle or narrow issue. In Dobbs v Jackson, which overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the Constitutional right to an abortion in the first trimester. This does not mean…

You are not donating to what you think you are donating to, or why Above, we see OccupyDemocrats asking people to sign a petition — one assumes the theory is that the U.S. Justice Department will charge Trump with a crime if enough partisan donors ask them to. …

In the information age, back-room deals don’t move the world. Mobs and misinformation do — The world was changing rapidly and dramatically in 1961 when President Eisenhower warned us of the rising influence of the “military-industrial complex.” His observation was that the U.S. …

Great article! I think the backlash was because of critical theory (critical race theory, critical gender theory etc. etc.). These are basically political movements to justify an oppression narrative, and ideas about individual responsibility instead of identity-based power dynamics are a full-on assault on those philosophies. So to most of…

Once initial information comes out the rest is more likely to follow When wrapping up the most recent January 6 Select Committee hearing earlier this week (Thursday, July 21, 2022), Liz Cheney said: Efforts to litigate and overcome immunity and executive privilege claims have been successful, and those continue. …

There is no more plausible deniability for the former president — Trump’s pleas of ignorance or incompetence are not holding up in the face of new facts. The lack of any credible explanation other than a planned, violent attack tells us that he almost certainly tried to violently overturn the election. January 6th was quite a mess. 114 police officers were…

New information shows Trump’s communications with armed militias — The January 6th hearings are long, complex, and incredibly politicized, which makes it difficult to sort out the new and important information from the usual noise, and to figure out what is fact and what is political spin. But critical new information has been discovered about Trump’s activities to overthrow…

What (most) people get wrong about the court — Outrage sells. Political parties need you to think the court is part of today’s partisan battles, and the media benefit from your misinformed outrage as well. The truth is less terrible and more subtle. Less power for the courts Like others, I disagree with some recent Supreme Court decisions. But recent Supreme Court decisions are…

The New York Times interviewed 11 parents of high school students, and the results are illuminating The focus group gives us a bit of “raw data” — an uncurated window into how people actually think, rather than how various media and political outlets want us to think. …