Category: Politics
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Fantasy and the “Cannibal Cop”
by Jason Stotts Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard the story of the “cannibal cop” (Gilberto Valle) who fantasized about killing and eating women in New York. Today he was convicted of plotting to kidnap a woman and improper use of a police database and sentenced for it. Now, usually I wouldn’t bring…
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Illinois One Step Closer to Same-Sex Marriage
by Jason Stotts As a special Valentine’s Day present, the Illinois Senate today passed a bill to make same-sex marriage legal in Illinois: Under the measure, marriage officially would be changed in state law from an act between a man and a woman to two people. The legislation explicitly says nothing in the proposed law…
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Sexuality and Privacy
by Jason Stotts I think that some of the ideas that people hold about sex are quite interesting. Some people think that monogamy is natural (it isn’t, although it still might be an optimal form of relationship for some people). Some people think that the purpose of sex is reproduction (that’s only one possible end…
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The Forgotten Victims of Gun Control
by Jason Stotts Doesn’t it seem like the Republicans and Democrats have been awkwardly pro-rape lately? A couple of days ago a bunch of satirical posters appeared on Facebook purporting to be from the “Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence,” a principally democratic group that seeks to outlaw guns and remove them completely from American…
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Rape and the Magical Female Body
by Jason Stotts By now I’m sure you’ve heard about Representative Todd Akin (R-MO). He’s pretty “famous” for saying: “It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, [abortion in the case of rape is] really rare,” Akin told Charles Jaco of KTVI. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to…
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On Guns
by Jason Stotts Recently, I’ve gotten into guns and shooting as a recreation and sport. This is strange, perhaps, since I developed my interest after I had already moved to California from Ohio (anyone who knows anything about how terrible the guns laws here will appreciate this fact). It’s also strange in that I’ve owned guns…
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Declaration of Independence
by Jason Stotts If you have never read this and you don’t understand what a monumental shift in politics this represents, today is the day you should do so. ——————– The Declaration of Independence IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human…
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Happy Earth Day!
by Jason Stotts How can we hope to have healthy and successful lives, including sex lives, if we feel shame at the things that are necessary to maintain our society? If you don’t support free markets, then you don’t support freedom of the individual and it’s only a matter of time before someone will be along to…