American Lawlessness – Rebuttal
I think it is the “living constitutionalists” that are to blame for the growing lawlessness arising out of a sense that the Constitution should not be amended, but ever interpreted.
Welcome to the (New) Era of American Lawlessness
The six conservative Justices do not have the sound judgment or the common sense to see that ruling against the will of the supermajority on so many aspects of American life will inevitably result in serious erosion of the Rule of Law.
T.J. the Anti-Originalist
Thomas Jefferson was a radical, extremist anti-originalist, who intended a living, breathing, evolving constitution.
Thoughts on the Twentieth Anniversary of 9/11
The challenge we face as a nation is fundamentally emotional. There will be no thinking our way out of this. We can try to engage in rational debate. We can pretend that articulating our “reasons” will persuade others to support our positions. But a good-faith exchange of views is not possible when “people like YOU are destroying MY America!” Compromise and working through areas of disagreement are obviously out of the question.
Fixing Big Tech’s Complicity in Misinformation and Crime
The urgent crisis of misinformation demands a comprehensive, all-of-society response. The ideas examined here could lead to significant improvements. But many more perspectives and resources, along with as much national soul-searching and determination as we can muster are needed now. Our deep divisions are being hard wired into our brains. And we know that the road we are on now ends at “checkmate humanity.”
It’s the Algorithms, Stupid! – Understanding the Section 230 Debate
Our country is being torn apart by the polarizing effects of tech-enabled echo chambers… Strategic curation of the content presented to users is the very definition of what it means to be a speaker or a publisher… Both amplifying and constraining the reach of any user-generated content should be illegal.
