I am in here.
Ocean Guy asked me a couple of days ago how identifying myself as a conservative blogger sits with me. He’s not all that comfortable with the label, and I myself find it passing strange. I’ve always thought of myself as a liberal. Freedom, rights to self-determination, etc. But somewhere along the line, when I wasn’t … Continue reading I'm a what??
ألف تحية للأخوان … ألف تحية للأخوان … in solidarity with the brotherhood: أناديكم.. أشد على أياديكم وأبوس الأرض تحت نعالكم وأقول أفديكم وأهديكم ضيا عيني ودفئ القلب أعطيكم فمأساتي التي أحيا نصيبي من مآسيكم Who would have thought being released would be more horrific than being detained? the 14 hours I spent in Omraneya … Continue reading From Alaa, about his last day in prison
Via Ace of Spades HQ… May be obvious to some, but this occurred to me (perhaps late) a year or so ago. Real politics — the way most feel and experience politics — is less about “issues” than it is about social-group tribalism. And I don’t think there’s a huge difference between liberals and conservatives … Continue reading Political identity
Via The Volokh Conspiracy: From an anonymous student evaluation of my teaching, Constitutional Law, Spring 2006:: “Coming in to this class, I thought all people with his ‘lifestyle’ were morally depraved. Now I recognize that Republicans aren’t all bad.”
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