The right to self-defense gives a person the liberty to protect herself.

While I was driving to yet another committee meeting about a decade ago, I heard an advertisement for cool shaping, that was pitched as method for shaping body fat to make a person appear thinner.

A strategy in debates over gyns is to compare them to other dangerous things such as cars.

This is being written as the 2026 midterms approach and I anticipate Republicans might appeal to gun rights in between their anti-trans appeal and their Islamophobia.

In an earlier essay I discussed the issue of women in combat roles in the context of former Fox News personality and current Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s actions.

Way back in January 2013 it was decided that women could serve in combat roles in the United States military.

Saying “every accusation is a confession” is a clever bit of rhetoric routinely applied to the American right when they accuse their foes of doing the same thing they themselves do.

As the 2026 midterm elections approach Republicans face the challenge of retaining control of the house and the senate.

Being a philosopher and a long-time pet owner, I have sometimes wondered whether my pets (and other animals) have morality.

Folks in the media tend to focus obsessively on the weapons used in mass shootings and, somewhat ironically, often display their ignorance.

When I go for my usual run in and around the park, I see the litter that people dump in the park and on streets and sidewalks.

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While we Americans praise religious freedom, we have a long history of religious bigotry.

As a Dungeon Master I have a reputation for creating worlds with, on my players’ view, an overabundance of undead.

As a philosopher and sci-fi fan who has been debating whether AI will kill us all since the 1980s, I have been following the latest claims of AI doomsday.

While American transphobia has a long history, an anti-trans strategy has been recently embraced by the American right. Some examples are bathroom bills, anti-trans laws governing sports, and anti-tra...

The now infamous Flock cameras have, like data centers, united Americans in a loathing that crosses the political spectrum.

Is “every accusation is a confession” merely a nifty rhetorical bit or does it have merit? If so, does it have any meaningful impact?

Avoiding the AI apocalypse: why autonomous killbots pose a real threat and how fiction warns us not to build what we can't control—or put down.

A philosophical look at the criticism offered by gun rights groups in response to the killing of gun owner Alex Pretti.

Shortly after Renee Good was killed, officials of the Trump administration and their allies began a propaganda campaign to cast her death as the...

By creating controversy with a poorly written essay a message has been sent to intimidate professors: grade in accord with our ideology or be punished.

ALT: a man says " i read a great review " in front of a painting

Gun ownership shaped by youth, ethics, and lived experience—challenging stereotypes with a story of responsibility, respect, and philosophical nuance.

2025 shutdown exposes GOP rhetoric: a sliver of truth masks lies on Medicaid, immigration, and health care—anchored in fear, deflection, and deception.