In Part 1, I argued that the antidiscrimination laws were intended to dismantle traditional patterns of inequality and exclusions by prohibiting people from leveraging their control over other people’s access to the basic necessities to preserve those patterns. What happens when someone claims “freedom of religion” to oppose the new patterns of equality and inclusion? [...]

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As of now, it seems clear that what happened to Trayvon Martin was not ”self defense,” but people should know why not. Self defense is a complicated and little understood area of the law. (We tend to devote a lot of attention to any situation in which someone dies — as we should — and the [...]

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Back in the 80′s, a leftist sect whose name I’ve forgotten, and whom you’ve probably never heard of, used the slogan, “Finish the Civil War.” In other words, it’s time we stopped messing around and came down hard on white Americans who have never gotten used to the fact that the war to end slavery [...]

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Some things sound so good that people lose sight of how stupid they are. Case in point — some Republicans demand that we keep our currency “strong.” Never mind that a weak currency helps our balance of trade and might even save American manufacturing jobs. (The Chinese are frequently criticized for keeping theirs artificially “weak.”) [...]

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It’s Emperor-has-no-clothes time: Has Obama Exposed the Powerlessness of the U.S. Bishops? There are alternatives, and it’s time people started talking about them: 2012: The Year of the Cooperative And a few thoughts from Jim Hightower. Slowly but surely, the word is getting out.

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