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…

(Un)Constitutional Murder: Due Process vs. Judicial Process

Tragedy in Aurora

There are a lot of people who have opinions about the mass shooting in Aurora on Friday. There are a lot of people who want to politicize it, whether to get guns banned in the US or to shield kids from violent movies or what have you. Sure, they all start their opinions with “the focus needs to…

My Security Mishap

Well guys, for the first time ever, my online identity has been compromised. Don’t worry, this is me making this post. I just wanted to use it both as a lesson and a warning to be cautious when receiving communications that purport to be from me. Here’s how it happened, and how you can avoid…