A flowerpot of ashes from the fire of liberty…tokens of hope and truth preserved for future generations who dare to believe that there was once something else.

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A few random posts…

  • Quality of Scientific Evidence
    A discussion of assessment of the quality of scientific evidence (particularly evidence regarding human subjects).
  • Bad History: Jonesing for slavery
    Nikole Hannah-Jones produced a wholly inaccurate view of U.S. history that puts slavery and white supremacy at the core of the American enterprise.
  • Alternative approaches (nonracism)
    A summary of suggested approaches to continuing the improvement in US version 1 race relations that was happening in the last half of the 20th century.
  • Hermeneutics
    Making the version 2 Constitution even more self-interpreting than version 1; what happens when it is silent AND when it speaks
  • Judicial Review
    A discussion of the necessity of a different form of constitutional review. Someone must decide constitutionality, but not an unelected SCOTUS.