Dear Congress: Please Make President Obama Look Bad on Syria (Even if Your Reasons for Doing So Are Wrong)

[Cross-posted to Political Context ] To Senators Roberts and Moran and Representative Pompeo, Sometime in the next week or so, Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …

Orson Scott Card, Unoriginal Fantasist

So, I see exploding all over the internet the news that science-fiction author Orson Scott Card has waxed lyrical ( at nearly 3000 words ) about a "silly thought experiment" in which Presi…

Posner's Wrong about the Electoral College

Richard Posner has written a defense of the Electoral College , which is one of the several elements of our national Constitution which I don't like. I read his defense of the EC last night, and …

Why I'm Not Troubled by My Decision Not to Vote to Re-Elect Obama

[Cross-posted to Political Context ] About three weeks ago Conor Friedersdorf, a libertarianish blogger for The Atlantic, put up a post about how even those who support most of President Obama's …

Why I Think I Was Wrong About Proposition 8 and Same-Sex Marriage

[Cross-posted to By Common Consent ] The only time I have had the opportunity to actually vote on--as opposed to pontificate about--same-sex marriage was in 2004 when I lived in Arkansas, when an ame…

Five Reasons Why I Don't Feel Much Like Voting for Obama These Days

[Cross-posted to Political Context ] The November presidential election is still five-and-a-half months away, which means there is still plenty of time for me to change my mind, and then change my mi…