May 2018 – American Delusions

illustration by Adam Maida in 8/21/17 New Yorker

Do Protests Work? – Time for Class Warfare

May 21, 2018 Comments Off

In the August 21, 2017 edition of The New Yorker Nathan Heller writes about the efficacy of protest as a method for social and political change. “Out of Action – do protests work?” raises many interesting questions about protest movements as a means to achieving change. Protected by the First Amendment --->> read more -->>

White Affirmative Action – Martin Luther King in 1968

May 13, 2018 Comments Off

White Affirmative Action – Martin Luther King in 1968 In recent years scholars and activists have begun to point out how white privilege is supported by many decades of government action that affirmatively transfers money and resources to whites while explicitly denying the same support to African-Americans. To my knowledge --->> read more -->>

Gun Regulation, the 2nd Amendment, and Scalia’s Majority Opinion

May 9, 2018 2

Gun Regulation, the 2nd Amendment, and Scalia’s Majority Opinion Fire arms proponents make much of the 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller in which the Supreme Court absolutely affirmed the right to bear arms as a constitutionally guaranteed right. Lost in this rhetoric is the fact that no rights --->> read more -->>