The United States is creating more national security threats than it solves with its Islamophobic policy decisions.
The slow demonisation of Islam won’t make us safer
Category: politics
Stop saying we need to ‘punish’ red states with a bluexit
Liberals insisting that blue states should withdraw from the union are bigoted and cruel, and also wrong on every imaginable level.
Of course NIMBYs want a housing crisis
Let’s have a little chat about the NIMBY-driven housing crisis—and how it directly benefits NIMBYs in more ways than the obvious.
Are you suuuure that policy is a good idea?
So a proposed policy looks sensible and helpful. Is it really? Here are some things to think about when evaluating policy proposals.
Anti-choice violence is terrorism — and now the feds don’t care
Violence against abortion providers is terrorism, full stop. The federal government’s pointed refusal to engage with it is not acceptable.
Guys, I have some food safety questions
The Trump Administration is looking like it might be pretty hostile to food safety, which is a bad sign for those of us who like not getting sick from our dinners.
Notes from the urban/rural divide: Yes, there are liberals here
Look, I don’t know how else to say this: Please stop saying that rural America is uniformly conservative.
Notes from the urban/rural divide: Government funding
17 percent of America lives in rural communities, who are often maligned by those in urban and suburban areas. Questions of government funding can be a particularly sore point.
Notes from the urban/rural divide: Heat
Heat feels like a fundamental basic human need, and right, as it should: But the world of heat and heating can be a fraught place for rural Americans.
The future of the marijuana market post-legalisation
So you’ve legalised: Now what? Why many marijuana-based businesses are very concerned about the ramifications of legalisation.