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The Johnson Amendment is seen as a legal tool for limiting religion. But it is actually not specific to religious institutions at all. Yet it is often applied disproportionately, especially when it comes to cases with ambiguity such as NPR’s indirect politicking.« Continue »
Kickstarter recently started a campaign to defend net neutrality. Maybe they do not understand what net neutrality is or they simply do not care.« Continue »
I started writing this article on terrorism when a terrorist attack occurred at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, but failed to complete the article. More recently, a new attack was perpetrated in Paris. This attack was perpetrated by a recognized Islamic extremist. As past attacks, this one too spurred calls for strict border control. But such border control would have been ineffective. This article explains why.« Continue »
Normally I would post a review of a Doctor Who episode on Geekers Keep. However, given how political the episode was, I decided it would be a better choice to respond through Politicoid.« Continue »
I recently came across a study which tried to place blame for a 2012 Pertussis outbreak on an unvaccinated population. While it is possible that this population was the source of the infection, the study methodology, as is often the case with vaccine studies, was flawed and so the study constitutes little more than fuel for a witch hunt. Normally I just comment on these studies, and provide my analysis for my readers. However, because this study was conducted by members of a government agency, I decided I might as well respond in a more direct fashion by sending the agency an email.« Continue »