In the comments section of another post, St. Martel observes that: Discussion fora on the Internet do have a tendency to make people a little less polite than they would be in person. Not sure why that is... [May I … Continue reading
[Edit 12/28/17---In the title and throughout, I have replaced "illegal" with "unlawful", in order to avoid the possible implication that the travesty below would be subject to criminal punishment, something I did not intend to imply. Since I wrote this … Continue reading
Sometimes educators talk about "closing the achievement gap" which separates high and low performing students. There are documented gaps in educational outcomes on the basis of e.g. economic classes, race, etc. Some of these gaps lead to serious social problems … Continue reading
A cynical, but probably accurate take on the double standard for government officials committing perjury. One of the problems with the US federal government is that it seems almost impossible to bring people to any kind of accountability to lower federal … Continue reading
After writing about the death penalty recently, I was reflecting about the real meaning of Justice. It's tempting to think that Justice refers to the thing which happens (or should have happened) in Law Courts. And of course we hope … Continue reading
