John Presnall

I thought I would recommend this Adam J. White post. It provides a good warning to conservatives against falling into the trap of defending the idea of “judicial supremacy” in their critique of the president’s statement about a “group” of unelected people striking down . . . . Continue Reading »

Who are these people which in terms of equality of conditions take upon themselves the responsibility to take care of others? They end up being the typical cops and firemen of our communities. They are good guys and we all know who they are. Surely they could not be messed up people. They are Andy . . . . Continue Reading »

Peter is right. Most songs by the Stones have double meanings about drugs. “Brown Sugar” not only references sugar and molasses, but also obviously refers to African women sold on the market as slaves—disgustingly sold as things, But the song even more refers to a brown version of . . . . Continue Reading »

So perhaps you were like me and always wished you were in a really cool rock band. I kid about this, but only mildly. Regardless, the rock band turned out not to be the case anyway. And good for you and me that any jackass like me and my friends who wished to make simple music did not go that route . . . . Continue Reading »

So I gave a lecture on the problems of liberalism to the law school of Benito Jaurez in Oaxaca. Here is a school that reads Rawls and even has a professor who has written a book length account in Spanish of Rawls. They are good academics, but they are not persuaded by Rawls’ truth When I heard . . . . Continue Reading »

For my critics, here is a rant. If such rants are to be expected of me then so be it. My rant may not be worthy of the intellectual acumen of “First Things” circa the “End of Democracy” case (with footnotes) back in the early 1990s, nor does it carry the weight and authority of . . . . Continue Reading »

Let’s be honest here. The Ron Paul phenomenon stems from the Iraqi and Afghan wars to which he has consistently been against. There is good reason why some Paul supporters come from a large segment of veterans of these wars. He was always against these wars, and people in the military . . . . Continue Reading »

I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine who is huge Radiohead fan. He admitted that he wasn’t as fascinated with their latest album as he was with their earlier efforts. Apparently The Bends and OK Computer were okay, but Kid A and Amnesiac were phenomenal. When I asked, a la . . . . Continue Reading »

As the all “girl”/women band Raining Jane puts it in their song “ Incline ,” it is hard to be true and honest when one finds oneself in struggle uphill. One ought to be open to the incline. In this song, Raining Jain attempts to present such a struggle uphill in the form of . . . . Continue Reading »

I could go back through the history of my comments on this blog in regard to the Republican presidential campaign, and I could count how many times I have said that this or that is “not gonna happen” and have been proven wrong. Wishful thinking (even if against my own wishes), coupled . . . . Continue Reading »