The Complicater

Climate Politics is Broken

Discord between science and politics is nothing new. History has shown us that just because “a scientist” or even “many scientists” assert a particular fact, theory, or policy, that does not mean “the people” will believe that fact, support that theory, or endorse that policy — and…

Like A Moth To Flame, I Too Have Decided to Write About Punching Nazis

I advocate something of a swipe-thrice-then-read policy. While you are scrolling through your social-media qua RSS feed of your choice, ignore a seemingly random story when you first see it. Once you have…

Welcome to The Complicater!

I have decided to start a blog. The following is a brief explanation.

Are Rights Wrong?

Discussing “Tragic Rights: The Rights Critique in the Age of Obama” By Robin L. West.

There are some concepts that appear so fundamental to Americans, when confronted with the reality that those concepts are constructed at all — are, in fact, conceptual — Americans…

On Hillbillies, Jew Jokes, and Criticism

In Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, a national bestseller in the new media category of “Trump Supporter Apologies,” and one that is quite good and worth reading, the author describes a 2009 ABC news report about “Appalachian America” and its reception. The…

Thinking Like A Lawyer

There may be ways that thinking like a lawyer could actually be a good thing.

Why Are “Liberals” So Terrible?

A thought experiment: an alien being with median levels of political awareness and a decent command of…