Ellison’s Invisible Man, not H.G. Wells’ more enjoyable The Invisible Man, deals with race relations both in the south and north of 1940’s America. The treatment is abstract, though, as everything is filtered through the nameless protagonist’s first person perspective. The story follows him through a series of unfortunate circumstances, starting at college, to his … Book Review: Invisible Man
I wonder how I had missed this article, on the Department of Homeland Security’s List of Naughty Words* that will flag their systems or whatnot. DailyMail covered their nethers well by posting an image of the words, not the words themselves. Poking around to see if any other blogger-types actually published the words, Soveriegnman.com looks … A Blatant Use Of Words You Are Not Supposed To Publish On Your Blog
Because of this, and most recently this, there’s been a lot of discussion lately about gun ownership/rights, the 2nd amendment, etc.—as there always is when the media cycle restarts and a report of a shooting hasn’t been done in a while. There exists one common argument that gun rights people* use to counteract proposals for … A Bad Argument For Gun Ownership Rights
Like most male American highschoolers with little literary orientation, the first exposure to Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms was the loose reference in the first Golgo-13 Nintendo game. I had a chuckle when I thought of the stoic Duke Togo grunting in frustration from the inability to wave goodbye to his amputated arms. But then … Finish Your Summer Reading List: A Farewell to Arms Book Review
Ben Pike tipped me off to this blog post, “Abortion Rights are Logically Required by Libertarianism“. Below is the email I wrote back to him. It was a rough email, not intended as post material, so it’s kind of jumpy. But the thoughts are there. Basically, reading this and the original post over a few … Abortion and Property-Rights Theory: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?