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The other Literalism is just as stifling
We all recognize the problem with literal interpretations. But there is another kind of literalism that fails in exactly the same way.
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The Equality Straw Man
There’s a reason the way we talk about equality in the 21st Century isn’t working. It is because it isn’t supposed to.
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The honest option for House Speaker nobody said out loud
We have a political problem and a media problem. But at the core of it, we have a perception problem. About what we’re actually hoping for.
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The selective character of calling this a new precedent
When we establish a precedent, we are choosing to follow a certain path. We like to pretend that none of this is our choice.
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A bigot veto is bad policy
In an attempt to do something they think is good, some lawmakers are creating a Frankenstein’s monster of the law.
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Disconnected
How our hyper-individualized focus betrays our sense of what is rational and the very stuff that keeps us together.
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I never salted the driveway
I didn’t need to salt the drive this year. Which, let’s be honest, kind of freaks me out. Because we always have to.
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In Bad Faith
The political impact of these “don’t say gay bills” is furthering incoherent and illogical laws for culture war benefit.