I’m not a Trump voter. But I could have been.

And other thoughts on the 2016 Presidential election, in no particular order.

Maybe, like, everybody is wrong about guns.

This isn’t an essay. This is a bunch of unstructured thoughts about guns.

Every time I’ve shot a gun, I’ve enjoyed it very much.

Point/Counterpoint: Why Google Can’t Stop Terror Attacks

In the aftermath of the acts of terror committed in Paris and San Bernardino, law enforcement officials and politicians have called for restrictions on the availability of encryption as a way to prevent interceptions of terrorist…

The People v. Judge Persky

The effort to recall a California judge is more complicated than it first appears.

Moral Algorithms and the Right to Be Forgotten

A lot of ink has been spilled (pixels lit up?) over Europe’s right to be forgotten — the concept that individuals have the right to control how information about them is spread and used across the internet. It’s a concept that, at a very abstract…

Healthcare Is Too Expensive. Here’s Why.

On a topic as broad and multifaceted as healthcare, it’s a little bit challenging to…

Israel vs. Palestine (part 1)

This post originally started out as a way for me to answer what I thought was a simple question: “what caused the most recent conflict in Gaza between Israelis and Palestinians?” Traditional wisdom in America generally follows the same logic time and time again — namely, that…

Why Gun Control Isn’t Happening

The gun control debate in the US is a contentious one. When you really try to dig into the statistics…