It is sadly too common in the world today that people know just enough about something to fail to understand it while thinking they understand it thoroughly. I am sure I have been guilty myself of the same short-sightedness. “Free speech” is one of those subjects that I think falls into this category that peopleContinue reading “Free Speech – What It Is and What It Is Not”
Category Archives: Citizenry
Personal Choice and Freedom of the “We”
Can an act that affects other people be “my personal choice”? This is an important question today since “personal choice” is regularly invoked, especially on questions related to Covid-19. To wear a mask in public or not to wear a mask in public? It is my personal choice. To be vaccinated or not to beContinue reading “Personal Choice and Freedom of the “We””
Barbarism and Savagery or Civil Society? One of the Meanings of January 6, 2021
I am currently working on a post on the idea of national unity. National unity is something that is absent in American life right now. That post, when published, will explain that topic more thoroughly. But, for now, I wish to highlight an important fact that national unity does not mean uniformity. Quite the contrary,Continue reading “Barbarism and Savagery or Civil Society? One of the Meanings of January 6, 2021”
Escape from Canada!!! (A Tale of Danger and Adventure)
My wife and I were in the pet store the other day. There was one young couple and their little girl just ahead of us and no one behind us. After the couple made their purchase, they spoke rather animatedly with the store employee for some time, of what we really didn’t pick up (socialContinue reading “Escape from Canada!!! (A Tale of Danger and Adventure)”
The Right to Your Own Opinion
A very, very long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, during my undergraduate years, I had a professor who asked the class if we agreed that everyone has the right to their own opinion. We had a conversation and by the end he offered an alternate idea. No one, he said, has theContinue reading “The Right to Your Own Opinion”
Opening Up Texas—Bad Idea Gov. Abbott, Very Bad Idea
I have been a resident of the state of Texas since June of 2004, approaching 17 years now. A job brought me here and while I had not seen Texas in my future before that time, I have come to enjoy and appreciate quite a bit about this state and the area in which IContinue reading “Opening Up Texas—Bad Idea Gov. Abbott, Very Bad Idea”
On Being Political
We have just gone through quite a tumultuous season of politics. As I write this, the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took place a few days ago. On January 6, the constitutional certification of the 2020 election was violently interrupted by a seditious mob with no regard for truth, democracy,Continue reading “On Being Political”
Discursive Dialectics 