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July 2020

Lessons from CHAZ

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The late Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) (r.i.p.), also known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) ,had some educational gems to teach us about governance, radical change, morality and cultural power. #chaz #jtol #christophercolumbus Also available as a podcast. Search for Just Thinking [...]

January 2020

President Donald Trump’s Impeachment

January 11th, 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

My thoughts on the impeachment of the 45th President of the United States, Donald J Trump. Also available as a podcast. Search for Just Thinking Out Loud in your favorite podcast directory. Relevant links: https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/603994/ https://www.vox.com/2019/11/5/20914280/impeach [...]

December 2019

Monsey Stabbing Social Commentary – Hate Crimes in NYC

December 30th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Monsey Stabbing Social Commentary - Hate Crimes in NYC (and beyond) Also available as a podcast. Search for Just Thinking Out Loud in your favorite podcast directory. Video link:https://youtu.be/TkqR3gbjDLE References: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/five-orthodox-jews-wounded-in-hanukkah-ma [...]

#TERF J.K. Rowling and Hand Symbols – Virtual Virtue in the Modern Era | JTOL0111

December 21st, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

J.K. Rowling has been cancelled. Is this what happens when one tries to appease the capricious demands of virtual virtue in the modern era? Sources: https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1207646162813100033 https://medium.com/@kathleenstock/i-am-a-professor-of-philosophy-employed-at-a-british-univer [...]

Is Porn Free Speech? | JTOL0110

December 12th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Gab, a free-speech platform, wants to ban porn. Andrew Torba's issues with porn are not far off the mark, in my opinion, but should his personal opinions be dictating what happens on a free speech platform? I walk through my thoughts on this issue. Also available as a podcast. Search for Just Thinki [...]

Affirmative Action’s Moral Dilemma | JTOL0109

December 6th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Wow - another video on affirmative action from Desi-Rae... it's probably going to be interesting. Also available as a podcast. Search for Just Thinking Out Loud in your favorite podcast directory. ********Ways to Support: ▸ http://justthinkingoutloud.tv/donate Patreon: https://patreon.com/justthinki [...]

November 2019

JTOL0106 The Science Behind Political Bias and Tribalism with Cory Clark

November 14th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Meet Cory J. Clark and her research. She is an Assistant Professor of Social Psychology at Durham University in the UK. She studies the similarities among and differences between liberals and conservatives in bias tendencies, with a particular interest in how political biases shape evaluations of sc [...]

October 2019

“What Can Compare to Slavery, Right?”

October 6th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

"What Can Compare to Slavery, Right?" Inequality Part 2 I have argued that inequality is the natural state of human affairs and that people may want to combat it. I have also argued that combating inequality should be done in ways that do not infringe on the freedom and agency of others. I specifica [...]

September 2019

JTOL0099 The Completely Unimportant, Little-known List of Misconceptions About Wealth Inequality, the Wealth Gap, (and Discrimination)

September 25th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Just the tip... of the non-existent iceberg. Some not so important things about some of the biggest debates in our times. There are some seriously great research links below, also. How data on income inequality and the wealth gap often misses key components to the argument at hand. How data tells a [...]

August 2019

JTOL0093 Jeffrey Epstein – A Unique Perspective

August 12th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Who is Epstein? What did he do? And what does this all mean? In June 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty to two state charges: solicitation of prostitution and procurement of minors for prostitution. In August of 2019, Epstein was awaiting trial, with the upcoming release of court documents. He was found d [...]