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The troubling and counterproductive trend of liberals policing free speech: We cannot silence those we disagree with

Aug 5, 2016 | Civil Liberties, mic, Millennials

Published: Salon (August 5, 2016) co-authored with Mark Schierbecker When Donald Trump was asked last November to give his opinion on the student-led protests at the University of Missouri, he called them “disgusting,” adding to Fox Business News that “I think the two people that resigned are weak, ineffective people. […] Trump should have been the chancellor of that University. Believe me....

The biggest danger of a Trump victory in November is not a Trump presidency; it’s what comes next

Aug 5, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, mic

Published: Fusion (August 5, 2016) When Rep. Richard Hanna became the first sitting Republican congressman to endorse Hillary Clinton instead of Donald Trump, he observed that his party had “largely alienated women, Hispanics, the LGBT community, young voters and many others in general.” While this comment wasn’t the focus of his editorial, it spoke to a larger truth about the significance of...

Jill Stein and Donald Trump are both linked to a dangerous anti-vaccine myth that just won’t die

Aug 3, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Conspiracy Theories, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Science and Technology

Published: Quartz (August 3, 2016) Green Party candidate Jill Stein likes to present herself as a pro-science, more idealistic alternative to Hillary Clinton. Stein has so far managed to stay out of the media maelstrom, but a series of troubling comments are making headlines for all the wrong reasons. One of Stein’s most problematic opinions resurfaced this week when her campaign deleted a tweet...

Some Belated Respect for Ted Cruz

Aug 3, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Political Parties, Republicans

Published: The Good Men Project (August 2, 2016) I know this article’s topic is belated, coming as it does nearly a fortnight after the events in question. Circumstances conspired to prevent me from writing about it until now, so… here we go. On one level, it pains me to write anything positive about Ted Cruz. The Senator from Texas has devoted his political career to stripping social services...

How the Democrats’ near-perfect convention put the Republicans to shame

Aug 1, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic

Published: Quartz (August 1, 2016) Watching the Democratic National Convention last week was a refreshing antidote to the bile that has contaminated American politics this election cycle. Not everyone supports the party’s nominee (see: the antics of the “Bernie or Bust” movement), of course, but there is something inspiring about a convention that focuses on the positive rather than the...

The Moral Case for Hillary Clinton

Jul 31, 2016 | Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Immigration, mic, Race and Racism

Published: Salon (July 31, 2016), The Good Men Project (July 26, 2016) “What would it take for you to vote for a third-party candidate?” This question was posed to me by a good friend who, after supporting Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential campaign, became so disenchanted with the political process that he backed Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in 2012 (not surprisingly, he plans on doing...

Do We Each Experience Time Differently?

Jul 30, 2016 | mic, Science and Technology

Published: The Good Men Project (July 30, 2016) “It appears therefore more natural to think of physical reality as a four dimensional existence, instead of, as hitherto, the evolution of a three dimensional existence.” This is a quote from Albert Einstein, who offered it to explain how the past and future both co-exist in the present moment. When Einstein made this observation, he was referring...

Wise Words from the “South Park” Boys

Jul 28, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic

Published: The Good Men Project (July 28, 2016) I may as well be upfront about this... I am a HUGE fan of "South Park." Although their political sensibilities don't always align with my own (see: their global warming denialism), the nineteen existing seasons of "South Park" contain some of the sharpest and boldest social commentary ever aired on television. This was especially true last season,...

Why I Write

Jul 21, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical, mic

Published: The Good Men Project (July 21, 2016) I feel like answering a question I’m often asked about one type of article I like to write… in no small part because I am myself curious about the answer. It’s been more than three years since I first started writing about my experiences as someone with Asperger’s Syndrome. The idea first came to me after it was reported that Adam Lanza, the mass...

Avoiding the mistakes of conventions past: Can the parties steer clear of these historical pitfalls?

Jul 16, 2016 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, mic, Political Parties, Republicans

Published: Salon (July 16, 2016) In anticipation of the upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions later this month, it seems appropriate to brace ourselves for something historic. After all, Hillary Clinton is the first woman ever to be nominated by a major party, as well as a traditionally polarizing figure who only recently managed to win the endorsement of her chief rival, Bernie...

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