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This Should Be Marco Rubio’s Closing Statement Tonight
If I were writing for him, it would look something like this: When I began this campaign, I believed with all my heart that I was the candidate who could lead this country into a New American Century. This journey … Continue reading
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Tagged Commentary, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, NeverTrump, Politics, Republicans
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Understanding Scalia
Originally posted on The Axis of Ego:
Justice Antonin Scalia authored a Supreme Court opinion published today that curtailed certain kinds of police searches using drug-sniffing dogs. The holding in Florida v. Jardines was that such searches are unconstitutional and a violation…
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Tagged Commentary, Constitutional Law, Politics, Scalia
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Untitled Online Dating Article
I say every year around birthday time that I permit myself one post that actually relates to some aspect of my life. This is a break from my usual, ironclad rule. I think it’s incontrovertible fact that everyday people blogging … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, General Culture and News, Reviews
Tagged Commentary, eHarmony, General Culture and News, Hinge, Humor, Match, OKCupid, Online Dating, Personal, Reviews, Tinder
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Time to Bury Academia?
The signs of the institutional terminal illness of the American university are increasingly plentiful. The stories out of Missouri and Yale and a half-dozen other places in recent months might be easily dismissed as the grumblings of an entitled generation—and they … Continue reading
Best of 2015
A move, the first full year of a new job, and increasingly demanding writing responsibilities further compromised my ability to generate content for this website on a regular basis. However, I did managed to write 25 pieces. This year also … Continue reading
Distortion for the Greater Good
It’s as fascinating as it is frustrating to watch the media spin a story to suit its preferred narrative. Our weekly example comes from the controversy surrounding oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas, the latest affirmative action case to reach … Continue reading
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Tagged Antonin Scalia, Commentary Politics, Media Bias, MSNBC
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The Age of Totalitolerance
Much evil may be committed in the name of “justice” or “equality” or, ironically, “freedom.” All of us believe in some version of those precepts. Thus, to oppose a strain of totalitarianism that gallops into town under a banner bearing the … Continue reading
Taylor Swift-Boating John Kasich
At a town-hall-style event at the University of Richmond last week, Ohio governor John Kasich noticed a female student who was enthusiastically trying to get his attention, reacting by saying, “I don’t have any tickets, for, you know, Taylor Swift,” … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Election, Commentary, Donald Trump, John Kasich, Kayla Solsback, Politics, Taylor Swift, University of Richmond
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Crossroads for the GOP; WWE
The GOP has a problem. The WWE has a problem. It’s the same problem. With WrestleMania 32 taking place in Dallas in just a few weeks, the WWE finds itself in what has become familiar territory in recent years: Its … Continue reading →