Our understanding of justice has advanced vastly these past few years. We now know that mowing people down and defending yourself are the same thing. But Rookie Jones was confused, so Chief Tracy took some time out to explain. Continue reading
Democracy is getting devoured, and we don’t know how to stop it. We did everything we were supposed to do – vote, write letters, protest – but nothing worked. So what do we do now? Throw spitballs? Continue reading
From time to time, it seems our intangible rights are getting squeezed. But as our understanding of the human experience deepens, a mature government should broaden its protections of citizen rights, not straiten them. Continue reading
As sophisticated, wise, and worldly as we consider ourselves to be, freedom of speech still tends to elude us and that’s gotten us into a pickle. Continue reading
School lunchtime. Anyone remember that? At a signal, scores of children spill out of classrooms into the hallway to storm the lunchroom. But what’s this? At the cafeteria entrance, one girl is coaxed out of line and told to wait outside. But she’ll miss her lunch, she points out. She’s not to get any, she is informed. Continue reading
The most seductive women on Earth are not in Argentina or Sweden or Eden or Hollywood. God put them all in just one country and charged His devoted servants there to guard them well. Continue reading
The murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, occasioned U.S. leaders to follow the groundswell of outrage and finally embrace the daring resolution required to drive the nation’s white-hot demand for change into legislative chambers. No wonder. Never has the plight of the oppressed been depicted so succinctly. Continue reading
Though inalienable, universal, and probably self-evident, U.S. liberties today are based on workarounds that satisfy the power elite. In his speech celebrating the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, Obama warned of strongman politics that “. . . seek to undermine every institution or norm that gives democracy meaning.” Before getting worked around yourself, perform this quick reality check. Continue reading
Proud citizens of the most powerful democracy in history, we Americans grew a little smug, then got faked out. They still figure plump and posh in our minds, but our rights got dressed down to grunt status to serve the superrich a while ago. We just don’t seem to know it. Continue reading
Although the truth may be self-evident that people have inalienable rights, the rights themselves are anything but. Take, for example, the right protected by that pesky Second Amendment. Continue reading