Category: Rights

June 24, 2019

What’s it like being Jewish in North Dakota? My testimony.

I recently testified via telephone before the North Dakota Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. I was one of six people to speak before the committee. It was a disaster. I and other speakers were disregarded and attacked. I realize now that my and others’ testimonies are too important to be limited to just the committee members. So, I am publishing my remarks here, for everyone to read.

September 24, 2018

Is the Senate truly justified in considering Brett Kavanaugh’s behavior when he was a teenager? {Reader’s Question}

Democrats are wrong, the case for looking into Kavanaugh's past is not self-evident. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a case. There is and it’s a good one.

October 8, 2017

Why can’t we legislate against guns? Some observations about American dysfunction.

If there is no place for debate about gun policy in the aftermath of the Las Vegas massacres, we have given up on the idea of politics itself.

August 17, 2016

Should prostitution be legal? (Starting a conversation)

Sex work is nothing new, but what qualifies as it is vague.

February 22, 2016

The pro-choice argument I’d like to see. (Is there a conservative case for pro-choice?)

No government should ever force anyone to violate their religious beliefs and to kill their unborn child.

August 14, 2014

Is civil disobedience not a "nice" thing to do?

May 13, 2014

Are Indian tribes sovereign nations?

To talk about Native Americans only in terms of others, is to suggest that we don’t have talk about American Indians themselves, as people who are worthy of our full attention.

January 14, 2014

Should lying be protected free speech?

April 2, 2013

Should we have gun control? An opening statement.

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Category: Rights

What’s it like being Jewish in North Dakota? My testimony.

Is the Senate truly justified in considering Brett Kavanaugh’s behavior when he was a teenager? {Reader’s Question}

Democrats are wrong, the case for looking into Kavanaugh's past is not self-evident. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a case. There is and it’s a good one.

Why can’t we legislate against guns? Some observations about American dysfunction.

If there is no place for debate about gun policy in the aftermath of the Las Vegas massacres, we have given up on the idea of politics itself.

Should prostitution be legal? (Starting a conversation)

Sex work is nothing new, but what qualifies as it is vague.

The pro-choice argument I’d like to see. (Is there a conservative case for pro-choice?)

No government should ever force anyone to violate their religious beliefs and to kill their unborn child.

Is civil disobedience not a "nice" thing to do?

Are Indian tribes sovereign nations?

To talk about Native Americans only in terms of others, is to suggest that we don’t have talk about American Indians themselves, as people who are worthy of our full attention.

Should lying be protected free speech?

Should we have gun control? An opening statement.