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• August 8, 2022

  Guns Redux

  Happiness is Another Gun My first essay on gun control, posted on July 21st, discussed how the poorly written Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been intentionally misinterpreted over the past twenty years by the Supreme Court, politicians, and the American public.  In short, America decided to ignore the clauses in the Amendment regarding…
• July 21, 2022

  Satire

  A Modest Proposal for Resolving Global Economic Inequality   According to a recent article in Forbes, the 85 richest people in the world have an aggregate wealth that is equal to the wealth owned by the 3.5 billion poorest people on the planet.  This means that the top .000001133 percent of the people are as…
• July 21, 2022

  Race

  On Reparations The concept of slave reparations is based on tort laws which are usually addressed by state courts throughout the United States.  If I kill someone while driving under the influence of alcohol, I am liable for a host of criminal and civil punishments.  Tort laws guide the civil case in which I may…
• July 21, 2022

  Politics

  Are You Entitled to Your Opinion? I’ve had more than a few arguments over the last five years that ended with my opponent claiming (usually in a loud, disdainful voice), “You have your opinion, I have my opinion, and I’m entitled to my opinion!”  I’ve had so many of these conversations in fact that it…
• July 21, 2022

  Guns

  Buying an AR-15 in 1791 The uniquely American controversy over gun control has raged on and off for over twenty years since the carnage at Columbine High School in April, 1999.  It would be difficult to find someone now in the United States who does not hold a firmly entrenched position on guns, even if…