The Evils of Court-Packing
This week’s blog was inspired by a newspaper headline: “Trump Appoints All Conservative Judges.” The headline saddened me, not because I prefer liberal judges to conservative judges, but because the…
Month: November 2017
A Sign of Hope?
In a newspaper from this past week, I read about a new movement in the state of Washington. Thoughtful citizens from both the Democratic and Republican parties have come together…
Personality, Policies, or Approach?
When we decide which political candidate to support in a given election, it seems that most commentators look at only two dimensions: (1) each candidate’s personality, and especially whether the…
Why Do We Find More Passion at the Extremes?
I’m stuck on this question, because there seems to be no scientific explanation for this phenomenon. When I recall my time as a high school and college student during the…
That’s the Spirit!
What motivated me to begin this blog was the unhappy observation that all the energy in our American political system seems to lie at the extremes. Why (I asked myself)…