Kate Pitrone

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. If we would believe that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with . . . . Continue Reading »

I bumped into this piece, ” Polygamists Celebrate Supreme Court’s Marriage Rulings ” and thought, well, of course they do.  Anything goes now.  Who is to judge?  Marriage means what we want it to mean.  What we could discuss, since the morality argument is . . . . Continue Reading »

Last night my husband asked me the question I only briefly touched on in my last post; how does the tech support contracted to our government have so much access to national security data that it could do what Edward Snowden did?  This morning, John Hinderaker is asking the same question in . . . . Continue Reading »

I seem to be conflicted about the Edward Snowden case.  I have been trying to figure out how to write about it for many days.  Today, I decided to write about how and why I seem to be conflicted, hoping to elicit responses that help me figure out the national dilemma on this topic.  . . . . Continue Reading »

We give ourselves to BIG DATA with every trackable transaction and communication. ” Corporate competition to accumulate information about consumers is intensifying even as concerns about government surveillance grow, pushing down the market price for intimate personal details to fractions of . . . . Continue Reading »

Under my argument with Pete’s argument , there were some interesting suggestions that ought to be more public.  Pete, Peter Lawler and I carried on the discussion here, but I would like to publicly note some fine arguments by our readers. From Art Deco: The problem, as always, is . . . . Continue Reading »

Here is my argument with Pete this morning. The current progressive tax system is based in a class-envy model of taxation.  But we have lived with that for a long time.  It has fueled ever bigger government, but we have lived with that for a long time.  Our income tax system is . . . . Continue Reading »

Maybe the problem in the last election was Romney, or maybe we can attribute the elections results to other things. . . . . Continue Reading »

Noah Baumbach loves Greta Gerwig and its not funny.  Frances Ha is amusing, but the “ha” is always on its own, without an accompanying “ha” (repeat) that makes for real laughter.  The movie is and is not about Greta Gerwig.  Greta Gerwig has had a very . . . . Continue Reading »

This morning a young friend made a Facebook offering referring to people he knows caught up in the heroin epidemic.  The article is actually about the benefits of the drug, naloxone , in preventing death from overdose. “They said it worked right away,” says Trish. “They said . . . . Continue Reading »