thomaslknapp (57)in #conversiontherapy • 4 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Chiles v. Salazar: One Cheer for SCOTUSOn March 31, the US Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Chiles v. Salazar , a Colorado case centering on the…thomaslknapp (57)in #tsa • 7 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.OK, Fine, Give TSA Agents Back Pay ... But Then Send Them Home For GoodAt airports across the US, Transportation Security Administration agents have been "working" --- that is, impeding…thomaslknapp (57)in #socialmedia • 9 days agoA California Jury Tries to Repeal the 21st CenturyIn 2004, a few years before K.G.M. --- a pseudonym, because now you don't even have to reveal who you are to get…thomaslknapp (57)in #lawn • 11 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.This Year, The Case Against Lawns Gets Even StrongerIt's "mow the yard" time again in north central Florida, which means it's "Tom complains about lawn culture" time…thomaslknapp (57)in #autarky • 14 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Autarky: Terrible at Political Scale, But Great as Individual Self-DefenseI haven't seen the Trump version yet. Photo by whoisjohngalt. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0…thomaslknapp (57)in #war • 16 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Congress Can Halt the Iran War by Doing Nothing. It Should.US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wants $200 billion for the Trump administration's illegal, ill-advised…thomaslknapp (57)in #iran • 18 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Iran War: We Have Met the Enemy, and He is U.S.Let me bury the lede just a bit: In December of 1862, Union troops under the command of Ambrose Burnside crossed the…thomaslknapp (57)in #voting • 21 days agosteemCreated with Sketch."But Kamala!" Yeah, So What?"They told me if I voted for Goldwater in 1964," William F. Buckley, Jr. allegedly (but not verifiably) once said…thomaslknapp (57)in #conscription • 23 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Automatic Draft Registration: Everything Old is New AgainYou may have only recently heard: As of this coming December, all American males will find themselves "automatically…thomaslknapp (57)in #socialmedia • 25 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Social Media's Down Side: No Fresh StartsGenerally speaking, I've always considered myself a "techno-optimist," sometimes perhaps to the point of…thomaslknapp (57)in #johnthune • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Thune and Johnson: A Tale of Two OrphansIn The Joy of Yiddish , Leo Rosten defines chutzpah as "that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his…thomaslknapp (57)in #war • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.On War Powers, Questions Aren't a Working Substitute for ActionOn February 28, US president Donald Trump took the United States into a de facto, but not de jure, state of war with…thomaslknapp (57)in #tariffs • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Tariff Refunds: Honest Policy Would Be Smart PoliticsTrump with his "Liberation Day" tariff chart On February 20, the US Supreme Court ruled part of US president Donald…thomaslknapp (57)in #tariffs • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Liberation Day for Real? Not Really"[The International Emergency Economic Powers Act] does not authorize the President to impose tariffs." That's the…thomaslknapp (57)in #gigworkers • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.In Mamdani's New York City, It's "Democratic Socialists" vs. WorkersPhoto by spurekar. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Last November, New York City voters chose ---…thomaslknapp (57)in #linux • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Political and Personal Case for Linux (Yes, I Am Talking to You)You probably use a computer --- in fact, you're probably reading this column on a computer. For 72% of you, that…thomaslknapp (57)in #voting • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Russell Vought Says "We are in a post constitutional moment in our country." He's Not Wrong."There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections," US president Donald Trump declared in a February 13 Truth…thomaslknapp (57)in #novonordisk • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Semaglutide: Artificial Shortage Is Novo Nordisk's Business ModelIn early February, drug company Novo Nordisk sued telehealth company Hims & Hers. The complaint: Hims & Hers sells…thomaslknapp (57)in #libertarianism • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.For a Better America, Reject Pretty Please Puritanism[ ]( "Nye, Edgar Wilson "Bill" (1850-1896), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons") "Civilization," H.L. Mencken…thomaslknapp (57)in #politics • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.In Politics, the Celebrations Start Early and the Excuses Never EndIn a January 31 Texas special election to fill a vacant state Senate seat, union official Taylor Rehmet beat…
