Category: Politics

My Political Compass: 15 Years

I first took the Political Compass test in 2004, shortly after I became politically aware. Those were my heady days of idealism, with the zealot's fervor of the converted. The test has remained unchanged in the intervening 15...

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Checking the Fluids

Economic Left/Right: -9.5 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.15 Right on target. Also, exactly a year....

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Political Compass Test, Part XIV

That's right, it's time for my yearly Political Compass Test! Almost identical to my result from last year - .25 deviation on one axis. Still pinker than raw chicken....

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Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

Governmenting is hard work. Representing hundreds of thousands of people can't be easy, what with those unwashed masses demanding 'accountability' and 'doing your job'. Sometimes, what that job is might slip a representative's...

Making the CasePolitics

Send In The Marines

Look, I have an idea. Let's let the military handle policing. What, that's a bad idea? Yes, yes, I know about the Posse Comitatus Act. I know that "military occupation" isn't exactly a happy thought. But hear me out here...

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Priorities In Order

It's safe to say there are some problems facing America right now, and here we are in the midst of a presidential election in a year where there is no incumbent running. There will be a change in leadership. This should be a...

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Waiting For Black Jesus

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Political Compass Time, 2016 Edition!

It’s May, so, once again, it’s time to check the oil on just where I stand on the Political Compass: Economic Left/Right: -9.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.31 Practically the same score, three years in a row! ...

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Terrorists Strike on American Soil

Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for making a hoax bomb. That's the official reason for his arrest. But that's not why he was arrested. The why of why he was arrested is a little more complicated, but it boils down pretty succinctly...

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Pretty Good Week, Right?

Weeks like this don't come along very often. Victory after victory after victory, with barely enough time to breathe in between, and most of them coming from a recently suspect Supreme Court. States don't have to allow hate...

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Political Compass Time!

It's May, so it's time to check the oil on just where I stand on the Political Compass: Economic Left/Right: -9.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.46 Basically the same as last year, so just as cranky and disaffected as...

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Game Misconduct

I think it's safe to say at this point that sports hasn't been exactly charitable to women, and that has been put on display time and time again recently. Yet for all the many high profile cases where various leagues and teams...