Yawper

Days before the 2012 election the website Infowars is compiling Twitter and Facebook posts from Obama supporters promising riots, assassination attempts, and all manner of mayhem if their candidate loses on November 6th.   The question is obvious, what should Obama do in the immediate aftermath of electoral defeat? The actions of Vice President Al Gore […]

It used to be a common phrase, but it seems to be falling into disuse.  One can only wonder if it is still true that, “reasonable people can disagree.”  University of Massachusetts professor Fred Feldman argues that reasonable people can not disagree.  Feldman thinks that if you really believe in your position you can not […]

Consistency is important to politicians.  They have staff to track their every vote, year after year, and expend lots of energy to maintain constancy.  When asked a seemingly innocuous question they often hesitate to answer or obfuscate their response as they search the card catalogs of their mind for fear of revealing a contradiction. Voters […]